religieuse
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of religieuse
C18: feminine of religieux
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Whatever you do, don't throw away the crusty bronzed layer that forms at the bottom—this is an Alpine delicacy called la religieuse, and it should go to your party's MVP.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2023
As a veiled religieuse she is found first in an old-men's home, later in a maternity home, lastly as the Mother Superior in an orphanage.
From Time Magazine Archive
I check Violet’s account and see she’s taken France by storm: religieuse pastries, macarons, rainy cobblestone streets, angled Eiffel Tower shots, and a selfie with a mystery guy kissing her cheek.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
I hustled him up and out of the way, and in another minute he was down at another chair praying again, and barring the path of the religieuse, who had found me the corkscrew.
From Tono Bungay by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
The french use the word properly; when a woman enters a convent, she is called a novitiate; when she takes the oath, she is a religieuse, that is, she is bound by an oath.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel
We learn from a letter of Sister Bourgeois, that these same religieuses had been previously burned out in 1695, but that their hospital escaped the fury of the flames at that time.
From Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois by Anonymous
The culpable nuns of Picpus and the other religieuses conducted to St. Lazare were confined in a special part of the building.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
Mance and her religieuses were the first attacked, but after a few days several of the secular girls succumbed.
From Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois by Anonymous
They went two and two together, wherever the glory of God or the good of their neighbors required, always subject to the appointment of the religieuses.
From Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois by Anonymous
Love, motherhood, and loss—the loss that is saddest of all losses to women, be they wives or maids or religieuses.
From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein
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