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† soˈroriant, a. Obs.—0 [f. L. sorōriant-, sorōrians, app. f. soror sister.] (See quot.)
1656Blount Glossogr., Sororiant Virgin, a yong maid, whose Brests began to be embossed and round, or set out for shew. So sororiˈation. rare. (See quots.)
1658Phillips, Sororiation, a swelling, or becoming round, and embossed like a young Virgin's breasts. 1859Mayne Expos. Lex. 1175/1 Sororiatio,..the equally progressing development of the mammæ in the young female: sororiation. |