Ursuline

[ ur-suh-lin, -lahyn, -leen, urs-yoo- ]

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

adjective
  1. of or relating to the Ursulines.

Origin of Ursuline

1
1685–95; Saint Ursul(a) + -ine1

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Ursuline

/ (ˈɜːsjʊˌlaɪn) /


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

adjective
  1. of or relating to this order

Origin of Ursuline

1
C16: named after St Ursula, patron saint of St Angela Merici, who founded the order

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