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The definition of a sorority is a social club for females, typically at a college or university, where the girls call each other "sisters," and do activities together.

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Alpha Phi is an example of a sorority.

See sorority in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. sororities

a group of women or girls joined together by common interests, for fellowship, etc.
☆ a Greek-letter college organization for women

Origin: ML sororitas, sisterhood < L soror, sister

See sorority in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. so·ror·i·ties

A chiefly social organization of women students at a college or university, usually designated by Greek letters.
An association or a society of women.

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Origin: Medieval Latin sorōritās

Origin: , from Latin soror, sister; see swesor- in Indo-European roots

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