sorority
pronunciation
How to pronounce sorority in British English:
UK [səˈrɒrəti]
How to pronounce sorority in American English:
US [səˈrɔrəti]
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- Noun:
- a social club for female undergraduates
Word Origin
- sorority (n.)
- 1530s, "a society of women, body of women united for some purpose," from Medieval Latin sororitas "sisterhood, of or pertaining to sisters," from Latin soror "sister" (see sister). Sense of "women's society in a college or university" attested by 1887 (Alpha Delta Pi claims founding in 1851).
Example
- 1. At virginia tech , maxine turner co-founded a sorority and earned a red belt in tae kwon do .
- 2. You think the sorority had something to do with it ?
- 3. Aiding and abetting sorority girls who dare cross her path ?
- 4. A. mom convinced her to join a sorority .
- 5. And she gotadmitted to her favorite sorority .