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[ suh-rawr-i-tee, -ror- ] / səˈrɔr ɪ ti, -ˈrɒr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sorority ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural so·ror·i·ties.a society or club of women or girls, especially in a college. Origin of sorority1525–35; <Medieval Latin sorōritās, equivalent to Latin sorōr- (stem of soror) sister + -itās-ity Words nearby sororitySorolla y Bastida, soroptimist, sororal, sororate, sororicide, sorority, sorority house, sorosilicate, sorosis, sorption, sorrel Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sororityHer wealthy family imposed its own monetary and social punishment for stepping outside the sorority. Stepford Sororities: The Pressures of USC’s Greek Life|Maya Richard Craven|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST She turned to me as someone to keep her honest after she first dropped her sorority. Stepford Sororities: The Pressures of USC’s Greek Life|Maya Richard Craven|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST There was another viral post discussing why sorority recruitment needs to change. Sororities Finally Take Back the Night|Kelsey Meany|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Four years ago, when I was a sorority freshman, I would have never said I was a feminist. Sororities Finally Take Back the Night|Kelsey Meany|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But while UConn is treating Holt as a whistleblower, it appears her sorority sisters are treating her as a traitor. How Kappa Kappa Gamma Threw A UConn Sorority Sister Under The Bus|Emily Shire|May 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST The members of the sorority could not find the place where the candidate had really dug her hole and buried the vase. Ruth Fielding At College|Alice B. Emerson She is the child of our sorority, but she belongs most of all to me. Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School|Jessie Graham Flower If we leave the club as a sorority to the next senior class, they will be the first girls chosen. Marjorie Dean, College Senior|Pauline Lester It would be a sorority, only I hope you wont go and burden it with a Greek letter name. Marjorie Dean High School Senior|Pauline Lester I think it's high time we organized a sorority for the purpose of aiding girls in distress. Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School|Jessie Graham Flower
British Dictionary definitions for sorority
noun plural -tiesmainly US a social club or society for university women Word Origin for sororityC16: from Medieval Latin sorōritās, from Latin soror sister Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sororityclub, society, association, organization |