Gilbertine

British  

/ ˈɡɪlbətaɪn, -tɪn /

noun

1. a member of a Christian order founded in approximately 1135 by St Gilbert of Sempringham, composed of nuns who followed the Cistercian rule and Augustinian canons who ministered to them. It was the only religious order of English origin and never spread to Europe

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to this order

Example Sentences

Gilbertine," I urged, for I saw her fingers closing upon the knob she had held lightly till now, "do not go till I have said this.

From Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories by Green, Anna Katharine

But one stare from Gilbertine, one word from Sinclair, recalled her to herself and she passed in and the door closed upon the three.

From The Amethyst Box by Green, Anna Katherine

"Gilbertine Murray and Dorothy Camerden:"—his prospective bride and the woman I loved and whom he knew I loved, though I had kept my secret quite successfully from every one else!

From The Amethyst Box by Green, Anna Katherine

But how the magic was wrought, how this hard-to-be-won heart learned at last its true allegiance, I did not know till later, and then it was told me by Gilbertine herself.

From The Amethyst Box by Green, Anna Katherine

Ah, Dorothy! it was time some one told her that Gilbertine had openly vindicated her, and that she could now come forth and face her friends without hesitation and without dread.

From Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories by Green, Anna Katharine