Sodality

Pronunciation

• IPA: /səʊˈdælɪti/

Origin

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

Full definition of sodality

Noun

1. A fraternity, a society or association.
• 1916, James Joyce, , Macmillan Press Ltd, p. 98: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.
• 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.: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.
• 1968, Anthony Burgess, Enderby Outside: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.