sodality
\ soh-DAL-i-tee, suh- \, noun;
1.fellowship; comradeship.
2.an association or society.
3.Roman Catholic Church . a lay society for religious and charitable purposes.
Quotes:
...watching the mystical flicker of the world caught and sealed in the little box everybody called by the diminutive just to express their sodality with it.
-- T. C. Boyle, "Drop City ," 2003
Up and down both sides of Prudence's short block lived an involuntary society, a sodality of widows.
-- Melissa Pritchard, "Late Bloomer ," 2004
Origin:
Sodality comes from the Latin word sodālitās which means "companionship," from the root sodāl meaning "companion."
