sis·ter·hood /-ˌhʊd/
姊妹關係,姊妹之誼,婦女團體
Sis·ter·hood n.
1. The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.
She . . . abhorr'd
Her proper blood, and left to do the part
Of sisterhood, to do that of a wife. --Daniel.
2. A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively. “A sisterhood of holy nuns.”
The fair young flowers . . . a beauteous sisterhood. --Bryant.
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sisterhood
n 1: the kinship relation between a female offspring and the
siblings [syn: sistership]
2: a religious society of sisters (especially an order of nuns)