Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sodality

/soʊˈdæl.ɪ.ti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: so-dal-i-ty
IPA: /soʊˈdæl.ɪ.ti/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fraternity, a society or association.

noun

noun

Spiritual communion with a divine being; a fellowship.

Example Sentences

"There’d even evolved somehow a kind of sodality or fan club that sat around, read from her books and discussed her Theory."
"The story is a myth of origins, in this case the story of the origins of a sacred sodality of men in the city of Erech."
"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."
"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."

Etymology

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

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /soʊˈdæl.ɪ.ti/
British English: /səʊˈdæl.ɪ.ti/

Inflected Forms

sodalities (plural)

Derived Forms

archsodality

Synonyms

brotherhood fraternity

Questions

How do you pronounce sodality?: The recorded pronunciation is /soʊˈdæl.ɪ.ti/.
What does sodality mean?: A fraternity, a society or association.
Where does sodality come from?: From the French sodalité or its etymon, the Latin sodālitās, from sodālis (“companion”).

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