sodality

so·dal·i·ty

noun \sō-ˈda-lə-tē\

plural so·dal·i·ties

Definition of SODALITY

1

: brotherhood, community

2

: an organized society or fellowship; specifically : a devotional or charitable association of Roman Catholic laity

Examples of SODALITY

1. <a 19th-century observer of American society noted that Americans had a fondness for forming sodalities>
2. <a tragic loss of life that was felt throughout the sodality of firefighters>

Origin of SODALITY

Latin sodalitat-, sodalitas comradeship, club, from sodalis comrade — more at sib

First Known Use: 1600

Related to SODALITY

Synonyms: board, brotherhood, chamber, club, college, congress, consortium, council, fellowship, fraternity, guild (also gild), institute, institution, league, order, organization, society, association

Related Words: collective, commune, community, cooperative; alliance, bloc, camp, coalition, partnership; body, cadre, group; circle, clan, clique, coterie, junta, junto, klatch (also klatsch), lot, set; crew, outfit, party, squad, team; branch, chapter, local; faithful, fold, membership; sisterhood, sorority; cabal, camarilla, camorra, confederacy, conspiracy; band, gang, ring; cartel, combine, syndicate

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Rhymes with SODALITY

anality, banality, brutality, carnality, causality, centrality, extrality, fatality, feudality, finality, formality, frontality, frugality, legality, lethality, locality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, nasality, natality, neutrality, nodality, orality, plurality, primality, rascality, reality, regality, rurality, tonality, totality, venality, vitality, vocality