Synonyms

sorority

American

[suh-rawr-i-tee, -ror-] / səˈrɔr ɪ ti, -ˈrɒr- /

noun

plural

sororities

a society or club of women or girls, especially in a college.

sorority British

/ səˈrɒrɪtɪ /

noun

a social club or society for university women

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Etymology

Origin of sorority

1525–35; < Medieval Latin sorōritās, equivalent to Latin sorōr- (stem of soror ) sister + -itās -ity

Example Sentences

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They met in college, after discovering neither wanted to join a sorority.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Officers recently arrested 45-year-old Courtney Alford of Dublin in connection with the sorority house break-in, according to the Berkeley Police Department.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

This was self-evidently dumb, and not just because of the obsessive relitigation of a pandemic that ended when all these sorority girls were barely out of junior high.

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2025

But Ms Bethel is still close to some of her fellow contestants, who she fondly refers to as her "sorority".

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2025

Christine also ran into Katherine at local sorority activities.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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