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Visiˈtandine
[a. F., irreg. f. L. vīsitand-, gerundial stem of vīsitāre to visit + -ine.]
a. A nun belonging to the Order of the Visitation, founded in 1610 by Mme. de Chantal (St. Frances) under the direction of St. Francis de Sales.
1747Gentl. Mag. 571/1 There is near the same number of Congregants, Ursulines, Visitandines, and other sorts of Beguines. 1872W. H. Jervis Gallican Ch. I. v. 247 A kindred institution took its rise, whose history is one of special interest, namely the Order of Visitandines, founded by François de Sales. 1888Emily Bowles Mme. de Maintenon 128 Madame de Maintenon wisely made choice of some Visitandines..to train the community.
b. attrib. or as adj.
1871A. J. C. Hare Walks in Rome I. vi. 277 It has been decided that some remains which exist in the garden of the Villa Mills (now a Convent of Visitandine Nuns) are those of the House of Hortensius. 1888Dublin Rev. Oct. 313 Miss Giberne..who afterwards became a Visitandine nun. |