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

Derived forms: sisterhoods

See also: sister

Type of: association, family relationship, kinship, relationship, religious order, religious sect, sect

Encyclopedia: Sisterhood