Aloysius
Americannoun
noun
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His foil is the vinegary, steely-spined principal, Sister Aloysius, who forbids the kids to sing “Frosty the Snowman” and is suspicious of ballpoint pens.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024
Isabel Keating stepped into the role of Sister Aloysius for the production’s first preview performance, which was originally scheduled on the day of Daly’s hospitalization but was delayed one day to Feb. 3.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2024
Daly was to play Sister Aloysius Beauvier, a nun who serves as the principal at a Catholic school and who suspects the parish priest, Father Brendan Flynn, of misconduct.
From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2024
Joseph Aloysius Ratzinger was born into a profoundly Catholic family on 16 April 1927, in the southern German state of Bavaria.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2022
Aloysius Stevens worked nights to satisfy the terms of his fellowship.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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