† sisternityn.
Obsolete.
A group of women linked by a shared interest, characteristic, experience, etc.; a sisterhood.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > an association of women > a sisterhood
sisterheada1393
sorority1532
sisterhood?1540
sorory1600
sisternity1603
1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures xxiii. 166 A Sisternity of mimpes, mops, and idle holy women.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. ix. 235 Others of their sisternity (very weak headed women, frail vessels) carried not matters so well.
1861 J. Lockwood Instinct; or Reason? vii. 61 The magpie-hater..was solacing herself with that cheering cup her sisternity is so fond of.
1881 Masonic Rev. Dec. 298 Mrs. Greenwood..seems to have discharged her office with credit to herself and honor to the Sisternity.
1915 Retail Druggist Oct. 8/2 The gum-chewing sisternity of the department store.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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