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adj. - Like or characteristic of or befitting a sister.

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  • However, after Leah’s marriage to Jacob, Leah’s sister Rachel also became a primary wife to Jacob — a marriage arrangement known as sororal polygyny.
  • At the same time, it's about domesticity and family and sororal bonding.
  • "Poor Angela," Daphne said, entirely in control of herself now, and to all appearances full of sororal concern.
  • Life in MIT dorms and fraternal/sororal organization is "normal" for people who live in MIT dorms, and for people in e.g.
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