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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The killing of one's sister.
  2. n. One who kills one's own sister.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. One who kills his sister.
  2. n. The murder of a sister.

Wiktionary

  1. n. the killing of one's sister
  2. n. a person who kills his/her sister

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The murder of one's sister; also, one who murders or kills one's own sister.

Etymologies

  1. Latin sororicida ("one who kills his sister"), from soror ("sister"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Latin soror, sister; + -cide. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “As she has already unseated Lisa's father Frank as Governor, this match-up would make for great political theater and Republican fratricide, or perhaps sororicide.”

    Poll: Palin Hasn't Done Herself Any Favors For 2012

  • “The intending sororicide and suicide is restored to his fastenings; his sister taken back to her tent; a trooper detailed to stand sentry beside and frustrate any attempt at a second escapade.”

    The Lone Ranche

  • “A Shadow That Remains Cast invents an infamous alleged sororicide, a crime for which the older sister is acquitted, vital evidence having gone missing before the trial.”

    Londonist

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  1. -cide

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Words tagged ‘sororicide’

  1. sorocide

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