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sorority

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. sorority (noun)
  2. Greek-letter sorority (noun)

so·ror·i·ty

noun \sə-ˈrȯr-ə-tē, -ˈrär-\
plural so·ror·i·ties

Definition of SORORITY

: a club of women; specifically : a women's student organization formed chiefly for social purposes and having a name consisting of Greek letters
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Examples of SORORITY

  1. She wanted to pledge a sorority.

Origin of SORORITY

Medieval Latin sororitas sisterhood, from Latin soror sister
First Known Use: 1900

Other Education Terms

baccalaureate, colloquium, corequisite, dissertation, monograph, pedant, practicum, survey course, thesis

Rhymes with SORORITY

majority, minority, priority, seniority, sonority

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