sorority

Meaning

Noun

• A group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood.
• A social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.

Related

Similar words

• women's fraternity

Origin

• From Renaissance Latin Latin sorōritās, from Latin soror ("sister"), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Akin to Spanish sororidad, Portuguese sororidade, French sororité.