sisterhood

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sis=ter=hood

CIDE DICTIONARY

sisterhood, n. [Sister + hood.].

•  The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.  [1913 Webster]

  "She . . . abhorr'd
  Her proper blood, and left to do the part
  Of sisterhood, to do that of a wife."  [1913 Webster]
•  A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

  "The fair young flowers . . . a beauteous sisterhood."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sisterhood, n.
1 a the relationship between sisters. b sisterly friendliness; companionship; mutual support.
2 a a society or association of women, esp. when bound by monastic vows or devoting themselves to religious or charitable work or the feminist cause. b its members collectively.

THESAURUS

sisterhood

affiliation, agnation, alliance, ancestry, blood, blood relationship, boon companionship, brotherhood, brotherliness, brothership, chumship, club, cognation, colleagueship, common ancestry, common descent, community of interest, companionship, comradeship, confraternity, confrerie, connection, consanguinity, consortship, country club, cousinhood, cousinship, enation, esprit de corps, fatherhood, fellowship, feminism, filiation, fraternal order, fraternalism, fraternity, freemasonry, guild, kindred, kinship, maternity, matrilineage, matriliny, matrisib, matrocliny, motherhood, order, paternity, patrilineage, patriliny, patrisib, patrocliny, propinquity, relation, relationship, rights of women, secret society, sibship, sisterliness, sistership, society, sodality, sorority, ties of blood

ROGET THESAURUS

sisterhood

Consanguinity

N consanguinity, relationship, kindred, blood, parentage, filiation, affiliation, lineage, agnation, connection, alliance, family connection, family tie, ties of blood, nepotism, kinsman, kinfolk, kith and kin, relation, relative, connection, sibling, sib, next of kin, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, cousin, cousin- german, first cousin, second cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, ear relation, distant relation, brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood, family, fraternity, brotherhood, sisterhood, cousinhood, race, stock, generation, sept, stirps, side, strain, breed, clan, tribe, nation, related, akin, consanguineous, of the blood, family, allied, collateral, cognate, agnate, connate, kindred, affiliated, fraternal, intimately related, nearly related, closely related, remotely related, distantly related, allied, german.

Party

N party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band, horde, posse, phalanx, family, clan, team, tong, council, community, body, fellowship, sodality, solidarity, confraternity, familistere, familistery, brotherhood, sisterhood, knot, gang, clique, ring, circle, group, crowd, in-crowd, coterie, club, casino, machine, Tammany, Tammany Hall, corporation, corporate body, guild, establishment, company, copartnership, partnership, firm, house, joint concern, joint-stock company, cahoot, combine, trust, society, association, institute, institution, union, trades union, league, syndicate, alliance, Verein, Bund, Zollverein, combination, Turnverein, league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive, coalition, federation, confederation, confederacy, junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue, freemasonry, party spirit, Confederates, Conservatives, Democrats, Federalists, Federals, Freemason, Knight Templar, Kuklux, Kuklux Klan, KKK, Liberals, Luddites, Republicans, Socialists, Tories, Whigs staff, dramatis personae, in league, in partnership, in alliance, bonded together, banded together, linked, joined together, embattled, confederated, federative, joint, hand in hand, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, en masse, in the same boat.