A female born of the same patents; correlative to brother.

A woman of the same faith; a female fellow christian. If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of daily food. James 2:15.

A female of the same kind.

One of the same kind, or of the same condition; as sister- fruits.

A female of the same society; as the nuns of a convent.

To resemble closely.

To be akin; to be near to.