sisterhood

[ sis-ter-hoo d ]

/ ˈsɪs tərˌhʊd /

the state of being a sister.

a group of sisters, especially of nuns or of female members of a church.

an organization of women with a common interest, as for social, charitable, business, or political purposes.

congenial relationship or companionship among women; mutual female esteem, concern, support, etc.

Usually the sisterhood. the community or network of women who participate in or support feminism.

Origin of sisterhood

First recorded in 1350–1400, sisterhood is from the Middle English word sosterhode. See sister, -hood

They are now in essence a sisterhood joined together by a vile incident.

Here’s What She’d Tell Bill Cosby Today |Dean Obeidallah |December 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And the negative reaction to it was surprising because it really seemed to prove your point about the lack of “sisterhood.”

Shailene Woodley on ‘The Fault in Our Stars,’ That Nasty 'Time' Piece, and the F-Word |Marlow Stern |June 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Over dinner in Beverly Hills recently, the sisterhood was palpable.

Push Girls on Sundance: Summer’s Most Surprising Show |Maria Elena Fernandez |May 31, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Excerpted from Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War by Leymah Gbowee.

My Vanished Liberia |Leymah Gbowee |October 7, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

Amy Siskind on how the most powerful woman in politics betrays the sisterhood.

Nancy Pelosi, Feminist Nightmare |Amy Siskind |November 20, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
The sisterhood, appointed by her and entirely dependent upon her liberality, would treat her with the deference due to a queen.

Louis XIV., Makers of History Series |John S. C. Abbott
One of the sisterhood, a connection of my own, had much of this dry Scottish humour.

Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character |Edward Bannerman Ramsay
Two blocks away they were—yet to Ruth they seemed to be in the room with her, claiming her as one of their sisterhood.

The Trail of the Hawk |Sinclair Lewis
They made a little community among themselves, but not the community of a sisterhood or a hospital.

Hester, Volume 1 (of 3) |Margaret Oliphant
No plunder was permitted, no ransom demanded, and the city took its place among its sisterhood of the United Provinces.

History of the United Netherlands, 1590-1599, Vol. III. Complete |John Lothrop Motley

sisterhood

/ (ˈsɪstəˌhʊd) /

the state of being related as a sister or sisters

a religious body or society of sisters, esp a community, order, or congregation of nuns

the bond between women who support the Women's Movement