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sorority

so·ro·rity

UK/səˈrɒrɪti/ US/səˈrɔrəti/ fairly common us

noun

1.

a social club for female undergraduates

Origin

PIE word *swésōr From Renaissance Latin sorōritās, from Latin soror (“sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Akin to Spanish sororidad, Portuguese sororidade, French sororité.

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