religieuse
Americannoun
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religieuses
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of religieuse
C18: feminine of religieux
Example Sentences
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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
For a long time these unfortunates were forced to take refuge in the homes of their luckier sisters who had fulfilled their mission in life by marrying, or to adopt the life of the religieuse.
From Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family by Melvin Moses Knight
There were changes—"great and radical changes," she said—changes which my mother, leading this life of the religieuse, was possibly not aware of.
From My Little Sister by Elizabeth Robins
The young novice was so devout that the archbishop prophesied a new light for the church, and she easily persuaded him of the necessity of occupying the minds of the religieuses by suitable diversions.
From The Women of the French Salons by Amelia Ruth Gere Mason
The latter is not open to visitors, the Pope having issued an order that the privacy of the religieuses should be respected.
From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
Shortly after his becoming a member of the French Academy, he publishes his "Harmonies politiques et religieuses."
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad
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 Eleanor Mercein Kelly
The description of the physique was a rule of the Portraits, not even the religieuses believing that it should be dispensed with.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Arvede Barine
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