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as in organization
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
a 19th-century observer of American society noted that Americans had a fondness for forming sodalities
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as in fraternity
the body of people in a profession or field of activity
a tragic loss of life that was felt throughout the sodality of firefighters
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Recent Examples of sodality
The viewer can almost imagine being a photographer who has penetrated this room of intellectual sodality, revolutionary fervor, and overwhelming youth.
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Philip Tinari, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
How big this sodality is has never been entirely clear.
—Wired, 14 July 2022
Festivities begin at 10 a.m. with the procession through the streets of Melrose Park featuring the statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Italian sodalities and family candle.
—Pioneer Press, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2017
Philip Tinari, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
How big this sodality is has never been entirely clear.
—Wired, 14 July 2022
Festivities begin at 10 a.m. with the procession through the streets of Melrose Park featuring the statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Italian sodalities and family candle.
—Pioneer Press, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sodality
Noun
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Pilots allow organizations to learn, adapt, and de-risk before scaling up.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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He has been convicted of plotting a coup and taking part in an armed criminal organization, among other serious crimes.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Two of the four were reported to have involved parties at UTC fraternities.—
Angele Latham,
Nashville Tennessean,
9 Sep. 2025
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Shelton said that while sexualized hazing is commonly associated with college organizations like fraternities, it is also frequently observed in high school sports.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Attention-grabbing highlights of the first season included Land Shark, commercial parodies like Bass-O-Matic and host Richard Pryor’s word association with Chase.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Sep. 2025
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Martinez argued that the state Head Start associations, which filed the lawsuit, required a more sweeping injunction.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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All of these have long been part of her life due to her profession, which dates back to her graduating from the Boston University College of Fine Arts in 1983 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theater and her turns acting on soap operas like The Edge of Night and As the World Turns through the 1980s.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Love Aaron Lineweaver, who’s one of my dear friends in this profession and in life.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Monoculture Problem Just as agricultural monocultures make ecosystems vulnerable to disease, cognitive monocultures make human societies vulnerable to manipulation and groupthink.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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While the motivation behind the killing is still unknown, Kirk's death has escalated anxieties about the rise of political violence in the United States and the deepening divide within American society.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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On the other side of the equation, the Chiefs’ receiving corps has looked eerily familiar.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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That stat alone underscores how well the starting rotation has held up, even as the relief corps falters.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Spanning technology, media, entertainment, cultural institutions and platforms, The Webby 30 highlights the organizations that helped define our digital lives, and in many cases, built the very infrastructure of modern culture online.—
Ian Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Book said, students at each institution will immediately be able to take courses and pursue programs only available at the other school.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Sep. 2025
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Robinovitz and Schiller have given a great deal of thought every aspect of each visit to the institute.—
Sharon Edelson,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Key achievements under Sundance include Smoke Signals becoming the first film written and directed by Native Americans, having originated in the Sundance lab, and then becoming the first Native film to receive a commercial release, according to the institute.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Sodality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sodality. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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