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Webster 1913 Edition


Sororicide

So-ror′i-cide

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[L.
sororocida
, and
sororicidium
;
soror
a sister +
caedere
to kill.]
The murder of one’s sister; also, one who murders or kills one's own sister.
Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sororicide

SOROR'ICIDE

,
Noun.
[L. soror, sister, and cado, to strike, to kill.] The murder or murderer of a sister. [Little used, and obviously because the crime is very infrequent.