n.

1. The state or relationship of being a sister or sisters.
2. The quality of being sisterly.
3. A society, especially a religious society, of women.
4. Association or unification of women in a common cause.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings
  Synonym: sistership

Meaning #2: a religious society of sisters (especially an order of nuns)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - søsterorden

Nederlands (Dutch)
zusterschap, nonnenorde, vrouwenbeweging

Français (French)
n. - (Relig) communauté religieuse, fraternité, solidarité féminine

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schwesterschaft, schwesterliches Verhältnis, Schwesternschaft

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γυναικεία αδελφότητα, αλληλοϋποστήριξη

Italiano (Italian)
sorellanza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - irmandade (f), condição (m) de irmã

Русский (Russian)
сестринские отношения, сестры, союз, сестринская община

Español (Spanish)
n. - hermandad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - systerskap

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
姊妹关系, 妇女团体, 姊妹之谊

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 姊妹關係, 婦女團體, 姊妹之誼

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 자매 관계, 자매간의 정, 여성 자선 단체

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 宗教団体, 姉妹関係

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألاختيه, جماعه من ألاخوات وبخاصه جمعيه راهبات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קרבת-אחיות, מסדר נשים צדקניות, אירגון נשי מוסד/קהילה‬

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