sisterhood

Noun
  1. The kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings (synset 113836396)
    is a type of: family relationship, kinship, relationship - (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
    same as: sistership
  2. An association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest (synset 108424406)
    is a type of: association - a formal organization of people or groups of people
    same as: sistership
  3. A religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns) (synset 108092483)
    is a type of: religious order, religious sect, sect - a subdivision of a larger religious group
    member holonym:
    • sister - (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address)
    • beguine - (Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life

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