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Definition: Sorority |
SororityNoun1. A social club for female undergraduates. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sorority" was first used: 1532. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
While the term fraternity can be used to describe any number of social organizations, including the Lions Club and the Shriners, Fraternities and sororities are most commonly known as social organizations of higher education students in the United States and Canada. Fraternities are all-male or mixed-gender; the female-only equivalent it called a sorority. Fraternities and sororities are also referred to as student corporations or academic corporations or simply corporations.There are various types of fraternities: social, professional, and honor fraternities. The most recognizable (and cliched) form of fraternity is the college social fraternity, as lampooned by John Belushi in the film Animal House. More so than social sororities, many social fraternities maintain their own housing, usually overseen by an alumni corporation or its respective national fraternity organization. Some fraternities today are alcohol-free (referred to as "dry"), and focus on building friendship, community service, sound learning, and leadership qualities in their membership, though some are purely "social".
While the purposes of fraternities vary wildly, most of them maintain a ritual system that is highly symbolic in nature and kept a closely guarded secret. Some signs point to common ancestry in both sorority and fraternity ritual, but most is likely derived from Masonic order ritual.
The Kappa Alpha Society was founded in 1825 at Union College, Schenectady New York. It is the oldest college fraternity and was the basic model for the U.S. fraternity system. It operates today in both the United States and Canada.
List of Fraternities
- Alpha Delta Phi
- Alpha Kappa Psi
- Beta Theta Pi
- Delta Kappa Epsilon
- Delta Phi
- Theta Tau
- Kappa Alpha Order
- Kappa Alpha Society
- Kappa Sigma
- Sigma Phi Delta
- Sigma Phi Epsilon
- Sigma Alpha Epsilon
- Sigma Tau Gamma
- Sigma Chi
- Sigma Nu
- Tau Kappa Epsilon
- Phi Gamma Delta known more commonly as Fiji
- Phi Delta Theta
- Phi Kappa Psi
- Pi Kappa Alpha
- Lambda Chi Alpha
- Psi Upsilon
List of Sororities
- Alpha Gamma Delta
- Alpha Delta Pi
- Alpha Phi
- Alpha Sigma Alpha
- Alpha Omega Epsilon
- Delta Delta Delta
- Gamma Phi Beta
- Delta Phi Epsilon
- Delta Gamma
- Kappa Kappa Gamma
- Kappa Alpha Theta
Other Secret Societies
- Skull and Bones
- Phi Beta Kappa Society
Fraternities and sororities outside of North America
- Studentenverbindung
Links
- Academic corporations worldwide
- International academic dictionary
- English and Latin commercium songs
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fraternities and sororities."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Assemblage | Clan, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association; (party). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sorority |
| English words defined with "sorority": sister. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sorority": cottage parent ♦ fam, fire side ♦ house manager ♦ Madam Chair ♦ RESIDENCE SUPERVISOR. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | This is like a sorority porn movie and I'm the head mistress (Celebrity Mole: Hawaii; writing credit: James Carrington; Jim Carrington) Uh huh. What sorority do you belong to (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Sorority Girl (1957) Secrets of a Sorority Girl (1945) Sorority House (1939) | |
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| "Sorority" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sorority" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "sorority"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shoqëri studentore vajzash. (various references) | |
Arabic | نادي نسائي, نادي الطالبات, سكن جامعي للطالبات. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сестринско религиозно общество, женски клуб в университет, женски клуб в колеж. (various references) | |
Czech | sesterstvo (sisterhood). (various references) | |
Dutch | studentenvereniging (fraternity). (various references) | |
Farsi | خواهری (Sisterhood), انجمن های خیریه یاکلوب نسوان . (various references) | |
French | société d'étudiants, résidence universitaire des femmes, corporation d'étudiants, club universitaire, club féminin, club d'étudiantes, association d'étudiants. (various references) | |
German | Studentenverbindung (fraternity, students' association), Schwesternschaft (nursing staff, sisterhood). (various references) | |
Greek | σύλλογοσ φοιτητριών, γυναικεία αδελφότησ, γυναικεία αδελφότητα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מוע"ון שים. (various references) | |
Hungarian | főiskolai leányszövetség, főiskolai diáklány-egyesület, egyházi közösség, egyetemi leányszövetség, egyetemi diáklány-egyesület. (various references) | |
Italian | comunit di donne. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 倶楽部 (club, clubhouse, fraternity). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | くらぶ (club, clubhouse, fraternity). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ororitysay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | clube de moças. (various references) | |
Russian | университетский женский клуб, женское общество, женская организация. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kolo sestara. (various references) | |
Spanish | hermandad de mujeres. (various references) | |
Swedish | kvinnoförening. (various references) | |
Thai | สโมสรของนักเรียนหญิง. (various references) | |
Turkish | rahibelik, kardeşlik (brotherhood, fraternal, fraternity, sisterhood), kızlar birliği, kız öğrenci yurdu, hemşirelik (nursing, nursing care, sick nursing). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | жіноча організація. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | soror. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | sororitas. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Sorority" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dorrity, sarority, serority, sorocity, soroity, soronity, sororiety, sorrority, surority. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sorority" (pronounced serô"rutē) |
| 5 | -ô" r u t ē | authority, inferiority, majority, minority, priority, seniority, superiority. |
| 4 | -r u t ē | alacrity, austerity, barbarity, celebrity, charity, clarity, dexterity, disparity, dissimilarity, familiarity, hilarity, immaturity, impurity, insecurity, insularity, integrity, irregularity, maturity, mediocrity, obscurity, parity, particularity, peculiarity, polarity, popularity, posterity, prosperity, purity, rarity, regularity, security, severity, similarity, sincerity, solidarity, supermajority, surety, temerity, unfamiliarity, unpopularity, Verity, vulgarity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, ability, abnormality, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, authenticity, availability, banality, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, centrality, chastity, civility, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, mendacity, mentality, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, partiality, passivity, paternity, paucity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polity, pomposity, portability, possibility, practicality, predictability, principality, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, proximity, publicity, punctuality, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, selectivity, senility, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, sexuality, simplicity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidity, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-o-o-r-r-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: rotors. | |
-3 letters: orris, riots, roost, roots, rooty, rotis, rotor, rotos, ryots, sooty, sorry, story, stroy, tiros, toros, torsi, torso, toyos, trios, trois, troys, tyros, yirrs. | |
-4 letters: oots, orts, riot, root, rosy, roti, roto, rots, ryot, soot, sori, sort, stir, tiro, tori, toro, torr, tors, tory, toyo, toys, trio, troy, tyro, yirr. | |
-5 letters: its, oot. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-o-o-r-r-s-t-y" | |
+2 letters: repository. | |
+3 letters: posteriorly. | |
+4 letters: coprosperity, hydrotropism, posteriority, protohistory, roisterously, thyrotropins, traitorously. | |
+5 letters: hydrotropisms, improvisatory, martyrologies, martyrologist, meritoriously, microporosity, pyromorphites, storyboarding, thyrotrophins. | |
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