sorority

[ suh-rawr-i-tee, -ror- ]

/ səˈrɔr ɪ ti, -ˈrɒr- /

a society or club of women or girls, especially in a college.

Origin of sorority

1525–35; < Medieval Latin sorōritās, equivalent to Latin sorōr- (stem of soror) sister + -itās -ity

Her 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

sorority

/ (səˈrɒrɪtɪ) /

mainly US a social club or society for university women

C16: from Medieval Latin sorōritās, from Latin soror sister