sisterhood Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings
    sistership.
  2. noun an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest
    sistership.
  3. noun a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)

WordNet

Sis"ter*hood noun
Etymology
Sister + hood.
Definitions
  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." Shak.
    The fair young flowers . . . a beauteous sisterhood. Bryant.

Webster 1913