religieuse
noun
a woman belonging to a religious order, congregation, etc.
religieuses
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pluralof religieuse.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
A MS. in French: "La Reule des femmes religieuses et recluses," disappeared in the fire of the Cottonian Library.
From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jean Jules Jusserand
He accepted the offer of Sister Bourgeois on the spot, and the religieuses thanked him for even that concession, awaiting, as they said, a happier occasion for the foundation they so eagerly desired.
From Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois by Anonymous
Her diplomatic moderation did not quite please the religieuses of Port Royal, and chilled a little her pleasant relations with d'Andilly.
From The Women of the French Salons by Amelia Ruth Gere Mason
There existed in Troyes another convent of religieuses known as the "Congregation of Notre Dame," who were founded by Pere Fourier, cure of Martincourt, a man eminent for piety.
From Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois by Anonymous
