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sorority
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English
Etymology
From Renaissance Latin sorōritās, from Latin soror (“sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Akin to Spanish sororidad, Portuguese sororidade, French sororité.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səˈrɒrɪti/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /səˈrɔrəti/
- Rhymes: -ɒɹɪti
Noun
sorority (plural sororities)
- A group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood.
- (US, Philippines) A social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.
- Synonym: srat
- Every day is a party at this sorority!
- 2018 August 25, Dakin Andone, “They pledge. Get hazed. The cycle continues”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 July 2024:
- 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.
Synonyms
- women's fraternity
Translations
group of women or girls associated for a common purpose
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social organization of female students at a college or university
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