sodality

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sodality

  • /səʊˈdæl.ɪ.ti/ UK
  • /soʊˈdæl.ɪ.ti/ US

Where it comes from

From the French sodalité or its etymon, the Latin sodālitās, from sodālis (“companion”).

noun sodalities

  1. A fraternity, a society or association. There’d even evolved somehow a kind of sodality or fan club that sat around, read from her books and discussed her Theory.
  2. Companionship. Those would, he thought, be expatriate writers. He was, of course, one of those himself now, but he was indifferent to the duties and pleasures of sodality.
  3. Spiritual communion with a divine being; a fellowship. On the wall of his bedroom hung an illuminated scroll, the certificate of his prefecture in the college of the sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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noun fraternity

Españolsodalidad
Françaissodalité
Ελληνικάαδελφότητα adelfótita

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"sodality." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sodality. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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sodality. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sodality

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"sodality." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sodality.

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@misc{sodality_2026,
  title = {sodality},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sodality},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}