† sisterheadn.
Obsolete.
= sisterhood n. (in various senses).
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society > faith > church government > monasticism > nun > [noun] > condition of being
nunnerya1350
sisterheada1393
nunryc1450
sistership1535
sisterhood?1540
nunnishness1570
nunship1624
the veil1791
nunhooda1834
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > sister > [noun] > sisterly condition or relationship
sisterheada1393
sisterhooda1393
sistership1793
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > an association of women > a sisterhood
sisterheada1393
sorority1532
sisterhood?1540
sorory1600
sisternity1603
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. l. 96 Thei token thanne litel hiede, The brother of the Sosterhiede To wedde wyves.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxvi. 80 (MED) The qweene Sarracynte, hire soster..To flegentyne sente..and preide here, ‘for Alle Gentelnesse, For sosterhed, & for Alle kendenesse’..that sche wolde Comen hire vnto.
c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 612/38 Sororitas, a systerhede.
1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) i. xxxvi. 40 I doo yow to vnderstande that this lady Misericord, sauynge hyr systerhede, hath caused in this Courte grete annoye.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018).
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