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Word definitions for sodality in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sodality \So*dal"i*ty\, n.; pl. Sodalities . [L. sodalitas, fr. sodalis a comrade.] A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood. (R. C. Ch.) Specifically, a lay association for devotion or for charitable purposes.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In Christian theology , a sodality , also known as a syndiakonia , is a form of the "Universal Church" expressed in specialized, task-oriented form as opposed to the Christian church in its local, diocesan form (which is termed modality ). In English, the ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"companionship, fellowship, association with others," c.1600, from Middle French sodalité or directly from Latin sodalitatem (nominative sodalitas ) "companionship, a brotherhood, association, fellowship," from sodalis "companion," perhaps literally "one's ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A fraternity, a society or association. 2 companionship.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity" [syn: brotherhood , fraternity ]

Usage examples of sodality.

In New Kelvin even the youngest child would have known at a glance the things Peace considered important about himself: his place as a member of the Sodality of Illuminators, his personal vow not to remarry, his promotion to a counselor to the Dragon Speaker.

The Sodality of Stargazers was particularly voluble, explaining that the comet was a star come free from its place in the heavens.

I suggest that the Sodality of Artificers could give us assistance there.

Before his elevation to Healed One he had been training to become a member of the Sodality of Dancers and Choreographers.

Primes to become too powerful, the Healed One made certain that each sodality would have one vote but three representatives, thus ensuring deadlocks and debates.

Instead, he went to the little museum within the Earth Spires kept by the Sodality of Lapidaries.

Elise saw clearly defined on his right cheek the stylized spindle that was the mark of the Sodality of Sericulturalists.

The sodality members who passed, often carried in litters of their own, looked upon her with either curiosity or indifference, as did the obviously prosperous.

Harvest Joy dance with a natural talent that would have had the Sodality of Dancers looking to recruit her had she been New Kelvinese, Citrine remained enslaved.

Defeatist allies and his sodality, Nstasius offered no further protest.

She also used her connections at the Sodality of Illuminators to inspect their archive of city maps.

Prime, member of the Sodality of Sericulturalists, sympathetic to the Progressive Party.

Additionally, a member of a sodality has resources beyond those of the average person.

She was more than adequate to enter a sodality, but, even had she lived, she would not have risen beyond the lower ranks.

I am a member of the Sodality of Alchemists, though I myself am an apothecary by trade.