sisterhood

n. religious community of women,conventof nuns 修女教团，女修道院。
△Rom.5.3.157:“a sister-hood of holy nuns.”一个女修道院。
Sisters Three: (Gr. myth.)i.e. the Fates or the threegoddesses who presided over the birth and life ofman: Clotho holds the spindle,Lachesis weaves man’sfate upon it,and Atropos cuts the thread of human life 命运三姊妹，指希腊神话中掌管人的一生命运的三位女神：克洛托手持纺锤，拉克西斯纺出人的命运之线，阿特洛波斯则用剪刀把人生之线剪断。
△Mer.2. 2. 68 (63):“the Sisters Threeand such branches of learning，”命运三姊妹以及诸如此类的学问。
△ Mid.5.1.344 (336):“O Sisters Three,/Come,come to me，”啊，命运之神三姊妹，快快到我这里来。
△2H.IV.2.4.211 (198): “let grievous,ghastly,ga-ping wounds / Untwind the Sisters Three!”i. e. un-twine the thread of life of the Fates. 让痛苦、可怕、大张口的创伤来解开命运三姊妹的生命之线吧！