sorority

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
10
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/səˈrɒrɪti/
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/səˈrɒrɪti/ · /səˈrɔrəti/

Definition of sorority

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood.
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noun

  1. A group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood.
  2. (Philippines, US)A social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.
    “Every day is a party at this sorority!”
    “And Florida State University suspended all frats and sororities for two months after the November 2017 death of Pi Kappa Phi pledge Andrew Coffey, which has since been determined to have been due to hazing, according to police. […] When Jo Hannah Burch pledged a sorority at Young Harris College, a private liberal arts college in North Georgia, she too was looking to meet new people.”

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Etymology

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

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