Ursuline

[ ur-suh-lin, -lahyn, -leen, urs-yoo- ]

noun

1. Roman Catholic Church. a member of an order of nuns founded at Brescia, Italy, about 1537, devoted to teaching.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Ursulines.

Ursuline

/ ˈɜːsjʊˌlaɪn /

noun

1. a member of an order of nuns devoted to teaching in the Roman Catholic Church: founded in 1537 at Brescia

adjective

1. of or relating to this order

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ursuline¹

1685–95; Saint Ursul(a) + -ine ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ursuline¹

C16: named after St Ursula , patron saint of St Angela Merici, who founded the order

Example Sentences

Yet a fitting grave was found in the chapel of the Ursuline convent, now little more than a ruin.

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A new Ursuline convent, which was then building, was assigned to Pestalozzi as the scene of his future operations.

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On the 12th we paid an exceedingly interesting visit to the Ursuline Convent.

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Ursuline, ur′sū-lin, adj. of or pertaining to St Ursula, esp.

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It came into being in 1616, and was of the Ursuline order, which had been introduced into France not many years earlier.

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