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Lourdes

American  
[loord, loordz, loord] / lʊərd, lʊərdz, lurd /

noun

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


Lourdes British  
/ 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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But they are, from the sick and handicapped at Lourdes to the tens of thousands who lined the streets of Paris to glimpse the bishop of Rome.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Pope said Mass in front of thousands of worshippers in Lourdes, before he was scheduled to meet survivors of abuse privately later.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

On Sunday 150,000 have signed up to attend mass in the Pyrenean sanctuary of Lourdes.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

A 13-minute music video weaving together six tracks from the new album was released earlier this month and featured A-list cameos by Sabrina Carpenter, Kate Moss, Lourdes Leon, Benedict Cumberbatch and more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

She worked really long hours, which is why they hired Lourdes to babysit me.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

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