sorority

noun

Definition of sororitynext
as in fraternity
a club of women especially at a U.S. college She wanted to join the sorority because all of her friends were members.

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Recent Examples of sorority All four were seniors at Pepperdine’s Seaver College of Liberal Arts and members of the Alpha Phi sorority. — City News Service, Daily News, 27 July 2026 Emily questions such disregard for men, but eventually accepts it as part of the pact to prioritize herself and her newfound sorority. — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 July 2026 Alpha Phi sorority at Miami University in Ohio gathered to write dozens of cards. — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 Reese Witherspoon has a lot of love for on-screen sorority sister Alanna Ubach. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for sorority
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorority
  1. fraternity
  2. organization
  3. club
  4. brotherhood
  5. society
  6. group
Noun
  • The fraternity later closed its Northern Arizona University chapter following Martinez's death.
    — Perry Vandell, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
  • This is the largest expansion in the history of Fairview, which started out in 1892 as a modest retirement home for Odd Fellows fraternity members.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of fraternity
Noun
  • But Jewish religious nationalists, particularly uneducated young men, remain a threat, said John Munayer of the Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue, an interreligious organization in Jerusalem.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The organization aims to end extreme poverty and encourages concertgoers to take action in their communities.
    — Katie Houlis, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of organization
Noun
  • Wedging herself between them, in second place, is North Carolina’s Sanchez, whose 11th goal came against her former club, Washington.
    — Emily Olsen, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • For their day off, the crew is treated to a ride on a pirate ship and a day at a beach club.
    — Emma Soren, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of club
Noun
  • There was a sense of brotherhood in the locker room among players and staff, said offensive guard Matthew Bergeron, who signed a four-year, $96 million contract extension on Saturday.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns had no shortage of Shield callbacks, but all of them landed amid a 12-year story of brotherhood, betrayal and bitterness.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of brotherhood
Noun
  • Ann Skeet, senior director of leadership ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, also questions what allowing these types of bets says about society.
    — Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Taiwan is conducting its largest-ever annual military preparedness drills alongside extensive civil defense exercises aimed at mobilizing a whole-of-society response in the event of conflict with China.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of society
Noun
  • Brazilians lead the way in seven different age groups, from Philippe Coutinho at 16 all the way to Neymar aged 31.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The group of officers included at least two plainclothes officers wearing bulletproof vests, who arrived in an unmarked car shortly before the shooting.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of group

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