sistem.html - n.
1 a woman or girl in relation to sons and other daughters of her parents.
2 a (often as a form of address) a close female friend or associate. b a female fellow member of a trade union, class, sect, or the human race.
3 a senior female nurse.
4 a member of a female religious order.
5 (attrib.) of the same type or design or origin etc. (sister ship; prose, the younger sister of verse).

sister german see GERMAN . sister-in-law (pl. sisters-in-law)
1 the sister of one's wife or husband.
2 the wife of one's brother.
3 the wife of one's brother-in-law. Sister of Mercy a member of an educational or charitable order of women, esp. that founded in Dublin in 1827. sister uterine see UTERINE .

sisterless adj. sisterly adj. sisterliness n. [ME sister (f. ON), suster etc. (repr. OE sweoster f. Gmc)]

sistem.html - n.
1 a the relationship between sisters. b sisterly friendliness; companionship; mutual support.
2 a a society or association of women, esp. when bound by monastic vows or devoting themselves to religious or charitable work or the feminist cause. b its members collectively.

sistem.html - n.
1 a woman or girl in relation to sons and other daughters of her parents.
2 a (often as a form of address) a close female friend or associate. b a female fellow member of a trade union, class, sect, or the human race.
3 a senior female nurse.
4 a member of a female religious order.
5 (attrib.) of the same type or design or origin etc. (sister ship; prose, the younger sister of verse).

sister german see GERMAN . sister-in-law (pl. sisters-in-law)
1 the sister of one's wife or husband.
2 the wife of one's brother.
3 the wife of one's brother-in-law. Sister of Mercy a member of an educational or charitable order of women, esp. that founded in Dublin in 1827. sister uterine see UTERINE .

sisterless adj. sisterly adj. sisterliness n. [ME sister (f. ON), suster etc. (repr. OE sweoster f. Gmc)]

sistem.html - n.
1 a the relationship between sisters. b sisterly friendliness; companionship; mutual support.
2 a a society or association of women, esp. when bound by monastic vows or devoting themselves to religious or charitable work or the feminist cause. b its members collectively.

sistem.html - adj.
of any of the Popes called Sixtus, esp. Sixtus IV.

Sistine Chapel a chapel in the Vatican, with frescoes by Michelangelo and other painters. [It. Sistino f. Sisto Sixtus]

sistem.html - n.
(pl. sistra) a jingling metal instrument used by the ancient Egyptians esp. in the worship of Isis. [ME f. L f. Gk seistron f. seio shake]