资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sodality \So*dal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Sodalities}. [L. sodalitas, fr.
   sodalis a comrade.]
   1. A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood.

   2. (R.C.Ch.) Specifically, a lay association for devotion or
      for charitable purposes.