sorority
noun
so·ror·i·ty
sə-ˈrȯr-ə-tē 
-ˈrär-
plural sororities
: a club of women
specifically
: a women's student organization formed chiefly for social purposes and having a name consisting of Greek letters
Examples of sorority in a Sentence
She wanted to pledge a sorority.
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The couple recited handwritten vows, per Vogue, as their guests — who included Al Roker and Ralph's Delta Sigma Theta sorority sisters — looked on.
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Erin Clack, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
That’s especially true of Stone as Natalie, a delightfully nerdy member of a loser sorority that’s transformed by the dim-bulb beauty Shelley (Anna Faris), who’s been kicked out of the Playboy Mansion.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 23 July 2025
The 21-year-old from from Kittanning, Pennsylvania, was also a 4.0 student and the president of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority on her campus.
—Mike Stunson, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025
The Facebook group admins point out that Papa Rodger is similar to the name of a hero in the incel community, Elliot Rodger, the 22-year-old who killed seven men and women near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara, in a 2014 rampage that targeted a sorority house.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 11 July 2025
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Erin Clack, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
That’s especially true of Stone as Natalie, a delightfully nerdy member of a loser sorority that’s transformed by the dim-bulb beauty Shelley (Anna Faris), who’s been kicked out of the Playboy Mansion.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 23 July 2025
The 21-year-old from from Kittanning, Pennsylvania, was also a 4.0 student and the president of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority on her campus.
—Mike Stunson, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025
The Facebook group admins point out that Papa Rodger is similar to the name of a hero in the incel community, Elliot Rodger, the 22-year-old who killed seven men and women near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara, in a 2014 rampage that targeted a sorority house.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 11 July 2025
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“Sorority.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorority. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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sorority
noun
so·ror·i·ty
sə-ˈrȯr-ət-ē
-ˈrär-
plural sororities
: a club of women especially at a college
Etymology
from Latin sororitas "sisterhood," from earlier soror "sister"
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