sisterhood

English Thesaurus

1. a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns) (noun.group)

hypernym	:	religious order, religious sect, sect,
definition	:	a subdivision of a larger religious group (noun.group)

member holonym	:	sister,
definition	:	(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address) (noun.person)

member holonym	:	beguine,
definition	:	(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 (noun.person)

2. an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest (noun.group)

hypernym	:	association,
definition	:	a formal organization of people or groups of people (noun.group)

3. the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings (noun.linkdef)

hypernym	:	family relationship, kinship, relationship,
definition	:	(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption (noun.linkdef)

4. a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns) (noun.group)

derivation	:	sister,
definition	:	(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address) (noun.person)

5. the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings (noun.linkdef)

derivation	:	sis, sister,
definition	:	a female person who has the same parents as another person (noun.person)

6. a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns) (noun.group)

derivation	:	sister,
definition	:	(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address) (noun.person)

7. the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings (noun.linkdef)

derivation	:	sis, sister,
definition	:	a female person who has the same parents as another person (noun.person)