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sistership

8.3

A group of women who meet to support each other or share a common interest

noun
/ˈsɪstərˌʃɪp/

Archaic

: hermandad

They formed a sistership dedicated to promoting women's rights in the workplace.

Examples

The sistership held monthly meetings to support women in their community.
The charitable sistership welcomed new members from various professions.
The sistership formed to support women in technology.
Many women joined the sistership for spiritual growth.
The sistership held monthly meetings to support women in their community.
They formed a sistership dedicated to promoting women's rights in the workplace.
Many women joined the sistership for spiritual growth.

Synonyms

fellowship

vssistership

40 3.9

A group of people who share the same interests or activities

is limited to women rather than a group of people of any gender

sisterhood

vssistership

31 3.6

A group of women who support each other and share common goals

has identical meaning but is a different form or stylistic variant

sistren

vssistership

Jargon

1 9.9

Women who support each other and share common goals

is an organized association rather than an informal solidarity group

How Organized

association

188 2.8

society

84 3.0

sistership

Archaic

8.3

circle

318 3.3

Surface Forms

sistership singular

sisterships plural

Morphology

sistership = sister (transparent) = sister + ship

The group/association meaning is a standard interpretation of '-ship' when applied to kin terms (compare 'brotherhood'), so the sense is deducible from 'sister' + '-ship'.

Etymology

Sistership is made from sister and -ship, the same ending in fellowship and friendship that can mean a 'group' or an 'association'. So a sistership is a group of women joined by a shared religion, job, or interest.