sorority
sorority — noun
1. a private social club found on certain US university campuses, where women stude
a private social club found on certain US university campuses, where women students do activities, volunteer work, and social events together, and often live in the same building
Maja decided to join the Alpha Omega sorority during her first year at college.
join + [name of] sorority
The sorority house on Elm Street has a front porch where members gather to study.
collocation: sorority house
Brooke's cousin was the president of her sorority when she studied at UCLA.
Each sorority picks new members during recruitment week at the start of each semester.
The sorority raised over five thousand dollars for a local children's hospital last spring.
- women's society
the more general term used outside the US; less tied to residential college culture
- women's club
broader in meaning; can refer to non-student social clubs as well
- female fraternity
literal but very rare; sometimes used historically or in non-US contexts
- fraternity
the male-only equivalent organisation at US colleges
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Almost exclusively used in the context of US colleges and universities. The equivalent organisation in other English-speaking countries goes by different names (e.g. 'women's society' in the UK).