sorority
/səˈrɒrɪti/US/səˈrɔrəti/
sorority noun: a group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood.
Noun
sorority (plural sororities)
- 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.
- 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...2018 August 25, Dakin Andone, “They pledge. Get hazed. The cycle continues”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2024
- Synonyms:
- srat
sorority meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
sorority in Hindi
- सोरोरीटी, सोरोरिटी
sorority in Tamil
- தங்கை தமக்கை முறை
sorority in Marathi
- सोरोरीटी, सॉरोरीटी
sorority in Bengali
- ছাত্রী সংস্থা, মহিলা সমিতি
More languagesFewer languages
- sorority in Telugu
- సొరోరిటీ, సొరొరిటీ, సొరోరీటీ
- sorority in Malayalam
- സോറോറിറ്റി, സോററിറ്റി, സൊറോറിറ്റി
- sorority in Kannada
- ಹೆಂಗಸರ ಕೂಟ, ಹುಡುಗಿಯರ ಕೂಟ
- sorority in Punjabi
- ਸੋਰੋਰੀਟੀ
- sorority in Gujarati
- સોરોરીટી, સોરોરિટી
- sorority in Odia
- ସୋରୋରୀଟି, ସୋରୋରିଟି, ସୋରୋରିଟୀ
- sorority in Nepali
- सोरोरीटी, सोरोरिटी
Examples of sorority in a sentence
- New sisters at the sorority have to agree to the pact set out by the former members.
- Because she was a legacy, her mother's sorority rushed her.
- Sororities can receive large fines from their national chapters for dirty rushing and can be disbanded.
Synonyms of sorority
- srat
- women's fraternity
Forms of sorority
| plural | sororities |
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Origin of sorority
PIE word *swésōr From Renaissance Latin sorōritās, from Latin soror (“sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Akin to Spanish sororidad, Portuguese sororidade, French sororité.
Words formed from sorority
Words that rhyme with sorority
Questions about sorority
- What does sorority mean?
- Sorority means a group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood.
- What is sorority in Hindi?
- Sorority in Hindi is सोरोरीटी, सोरोरिटी. See Sorority meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sorority?
- Sorority is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sorority?
- Sorority is pronounced /səˈrɒrɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sorority?
- The plural of sorority is sororities.
Words near sorority in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sorority (page history and authors); sorority (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sorority (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sorority (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sorority (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sorority (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sorority (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sorority (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sorority (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sorority (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sorority (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sorority (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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