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Soror is Latin for sister; in church use it can also mean a nun.
Soror means sister. It appears when a sister stands as godmother or witness, or in burial entries naming the survivors. In church use it can also refer to a nun or member of a religious community.
A godmother recorded as soror patris (the father's sister) gives you an aunt's name, and often her married surname too.
As seen in a recordGodmother in a Latin baptism entry
matrina: Anna, soror matris
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Daily Ancestor. "soror." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/latin/soror. Last checked 2026-10-01.