sisterhood
noun /ˈsɪs.tə.hʊd/
/-tɚ-/ Definition
› [U] a strong feeling of friendship and support among women who are involved in action to improve women's rightsHuman rights › [U] the relationship between sisters: It was sisterhood that made her care for me as she did.Family relations in general › [C, + sing/pl verb] a society of women living a religious lifeFollowers of religious groups the sisterhood [+ sing/pl verb] › women involved in action to improve women's rightsHuman rightsGroups of people
(Definition of sisterhood noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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