Definition of sister

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Sister (n.) A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother..

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Sistering :: Sistering (a.) Contiguous.
Sister-in-law :: Sister-in-law (n.) The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one's brother; sometimes, the wife of one's husband's or wife's brother..
Unsisterly :: Unsisterly (a.) Not sisterly.
Sisterhood :: Sisterhood (n.) A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively..
Isis :: Isis (n.) The principal goddess worshiped by the Egyptians. She was regarded as the mother of Horus, and the sister and wife of Osiris. The Egyptians adored her as the goddess of fecundity, and as the great benefactress of their country, who instructed their ancestors in the art of agriculture..
Sister :: Sister (n.) One of the same kind, or of the same condition; -- generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits..
Sororal :: Sororal (a.) Relating to a sister; sisterly.
Cousin :: Cousin (n.) One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt..
Resister :: Resister (n.) One who resists.
Sister :: Sister (n.) A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community..
Lorettine :: Lorettine (n.) One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross) devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the Western United States..
Hotchpotch :: Hotchpotch (n.) A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of
Grandniece :: Grandniece (n.) The granddaughter of one's brother or sister.
Twin :: Twin (a.) Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister..
Grace :: Grace (n.) Graceful and beautiful females, sister goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to wisdom, love, and social intercourse..
Susu :: Sustre (n.) Sister.
Vincentian :: Vincentian (n.) A member of certain charitable sisterhoods.
Sistren :: Sistren (n. pl.) Sisters.
Sisterhood :: Sisterhood (n.) The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.
Sororize :: Sororize (v. i.) To associate, or hold fellowship, as sisters; to have sisterly feelings; -- analogous to fraternize..
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