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Ursuline

Ur·su·line [ úrssəlin, úrssə ln, úrssə ln ] (plural Ur·su·lines)


noun 
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member of Catholic order of nuns: a member of a Roman Catholic order of nuns founded by St. Angela Merici in Brescia, Italy, in the 16th century and dedicated to teaching.

[Late 17th century. <Ursula, patron saint of the order's founder]

Ur·su·line adjective
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