Ursuline

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ursuline \Ur"su*line\, a.
     Of or pertaining to St. Ursula, or the order of Ursulines;
     as, the Ursuline nuns.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Ursuline \Ur"su*line\, n. [Cf. F. ursuline.] (R. C. Ch.)
     One of an order of nuns founded by St. Angela Merici, at
     Brescia, in Italy, about the year 1537, and so called from
     St. Ursula, under whose protection it was placed. The order
     was introduced into Canada as early as 1639, and into the
     United States in 1727. The members are devoted entirely to
     education.
     [1913 Webster]