单词 | sororal |
释义 | sororaladj. 1. By one's sister; on a sister's side. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > sister > [adjective] > by one's sister sororal1654 1654 R. Vilvain Theoremata Theologica viii. 212 Master John Down a..sororal Nephew to Bishop Juel. 2. That is a sister. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > sister > [adjective] > that is a sister sororal1819 1819 C. Lamb Let. 7 June (1935) II. 252 How do you all do, amanuenses both—marital and sororal? 3. a. Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, a sister or sisters; sisterly. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > sister > [adjective] sisterly?1532 sister-like1567 sistering1609 sororial1836 sororal1838 1838 Sir W. R. Hamilton in R. P. Graves Life Sir W. R. Hamilton (1885) II. 270 And Ladies,..With love maternal, or sororal, view Thy gentleness. 1858 Chambers's Jrnl. 9 239 Independent of either mother or sister—bound by no authority to either, except..filial and sororal affection. 1869 D. M. Mulock Woman's Kingdom III. 146 To see into what the sororal bond can degenerate, under given circumstances. b. sororal polygyny n. (Cultural Anthropology), in some polygamous kinship systems, the custom whereby the first wife's sister(s) are preferred as secondary wives. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > polygamy > polygyny polygyny1780 polygynia1865 polygynaiky1880 sororate1910 sororal polygyny1952 1952 A. R. Radcliffe-Brown Structure & Function in Primitive Society iii. 67 Sororal polygyny (marriage with two or more sisters). 1971 P. B. Hammond Introd. Cultural & Social Anthropol. vi. 159/2 Sometimes the desirability of a man's marrying his wife's sister is stressed, a usage referred to as sororal polygyny. 1977 C. R. Ember & M. Ember Cultural Anthropol. (ed. 2) viii. 154/2 Jealousy..seems to be lessened if one man is married to two or more sisters (sororal polygyny). 1977 C. R. Ember & M. Ember Cultural Anthropol. (ed. 2) viii. 154/2 The Crow Indians practice sororal polygyny, and co-wives usually share the same tepee. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1654 |
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