Lourdes

[ loord, loordz; French loord ]

noun

1. a city in SW France: Roman Catholic shrine famed for miraculous cures.

Lourdes

/ lurd /

noun

1. a town in SW France: a leading place of pilgrimage for Roman Catholics after a peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous, had visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858. Pop: 15 203 (1999)

Example Sentences

Photographs by Lourdes Almeida explore the meaning of the style in which a rebozo is worn.

From The Daily Beast

Would it be possible to limit entry to Lourdes or to San Giovanni Rotondo?

From The Daily Beast

Both Madonna and, recently, her 15-year-old daughter Lourdes Leon advocate for the legalization of gay marriage in United States.

From The Daily Beast

Perhaps the biggest difference for Lourdes on the red carpet Monday was what was missing: Madonna herself.

From The Daily Beast

In recognition of his disabilities, Mr. Dury had originally wanted to call it Live at Lourdes.

From The Daily Beast

The second miracle very closely resembled the modern voice of the Virgin at Lourdes.

From Project Gutenberg

At certain moments it seemed as though the gambling hall were a famous health resort, or a place of miracles, like Lourdes.

From Project Gutenberg

Her shrine is at Auriesville—the Lourdes of America—where many miraculous cures are effected.

From Project Gutenberg

We noticed that not all of the visitors to Lourdes had come on a pilgrimage of faith.

From Project Gutenberg

She arrived at Lourdes at daybreak, and happened to meet Bernadette.

From Project Gutenberg