1. (n.) A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order\; sisters, collectively.

2. (n.) The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.

affiliation agnation alliance ancestry blood blood relationship boon companionship brotherhood brotherliness brothership chumship club cognation colleagueship common ancestry common descent community of interest companionship comradeship confraternity confrerie connection consanguinity consortship country club cousinhood cousinship enation esprit de corps fatherhood fellowship feminism filiation fraternal order fraternalism fraternity freemasonry guild kindred kinship maternity matrilineage matriliny matrisib matrocliny motherhood order paternity patrilineage patriliny patrisib patrocliny propinquity relation relationship rights of women secret society sibship sisterliness sistership society sodality sorority ties of blood