Wordsmith.org: the magic of words


A.Word.A.Day

About | Media | Search | Contact  


Home

Today's Word

Yesterday's Word

Archives

FAQ


Aug 26, 2005
This week's theme
Miscellaneous words

This week's words
propitious
legerity
malversation
axiomatic
sodality

This week's comments
AWADmail 670

Next week's theme
Words related to medicine
Bookmark and Share Facebook Twitter Digg MySpace Bookmark and Share
A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garg

sodality

(so-DAL-i-tee) Pronunciation RealAudio

noun:
1. A fellowship or association.
2. In the Roman Catholic Church, a lay society for devotional or charitable purposes.

From Latin sodalitas (fellowship), from sodalis (companion).

"She wrote her last name in black marker on the bottom of the Tupperware she used to bring food to anyone in her building or sodality or family."
Maureen Dowd; A Woman Who Found a Way to Write; The New York Times; Jul 24, 2005.

See more usage examples of sodality in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

X-Bonus

The most important discoveries will provide answers to questions that we do not yet know how to ask and will concern objects we have not yet imagined. -John N. Bahcall, astrophysicist (1935-2005)

We need your help

Help us continue to spread the magic of words to readers everywhere

Donate

Subscriber Services
Awards | Stats | Links | Privacy Policy
Contribute | Advertise

© 1994-2024 Wordsmith