so‧ror‧i‧ty/səˈrɒrəti, səˈrɒrɪti $ səˈrɔː-/ noun (plural sororities) [COUNTABLE] [date : 1500-1600; Language : Medieval Latin; Origin : sororitas, from Latin soror 'sister'] a club for women students at some American colleges and universities ⇨ fraternity
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And to be company for him in his old age among this sorority of Slavonic women he seemed to be siring. ▪ Can schools prohibit students from belonging to fraternities, sororities, and other undemocratic organizations? ▪ Did Bill Clinton wallow in the mud with a group of Tucson sorority girls? ▪ Students are rushing to food lines or dormitories or sororities, running for elevators or taking stairs two at a time. ▪ The abolition of the sororities evidently did not take place without a great deal of resistance. ▪ We were supposed to have a couple of sororities too, but there was a communication problem.