Ursuline

American  

[ur-suh-lin, -lahyn, -leen, urs-yoo-] / ˈɜr sə lɪn, -ˌlaɪn, -ˌlin, ˈɜrs yʊ- /

noun

1. Roman Catholic Church. a member of an order of nuns founded at Brescia, Italy, about 1537, devoted to teaching.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Ursulines.

Ursuline British  

/ ˈɜːsjʊˌlaɪn /

noun

1. a member of an order of nuns devoted to teaching in the Roman Catholic Church: founded in 1537 at Brescia

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adjective

1. of or relating to this order

Etymology

Origin of Ursuline

1685–95; Saint Ursul(a) + -ine ¹

Example Sentences

Instead, the Ursuline order of nuns, founded a few years before, undertook the education of young women.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

After attending secondary school at the Ursuline Convent in Waterford, she dropped out at age 14 to care for her mother.

From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2022

One of the oldest Black sisterhoods, the Sisters of the Holy Family, formed in New Orleans in 1842 because white sisterhoods in Louisiana, including the slave-holding Ursuline order, refused to accept African Americans.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2022

Church records indicate that Henriette had two sons by her white sponsor, both of whom died before the age of 3, according to an exhibit at the Old Ursuline Convent Museum in the French Quarter.

From Washington Times • Mar. 25, 2017

The call was answered in the establishment of the Ursuline Convent.

From Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by LeSueur, William Dawson