Sepulchrineadj.n.
/sɪˈpʌlkrʌɪn/ Used in the popular designation of the religious order of Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre. Also as n., a Sepulchrine nun.
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Sepulchrine1905
a1800 in Chron. St. Monica's, Louvain (1904) I. 228 The Sepulchrine community with whom she dwelt.
1905 F. M. Steele Convents Great Brit. 228 Another [daughter] was a Sepulchrine at Liège.
1905 F. M. Steele Convents Great Brit. 228 A little volume preserved in the convent of the Sepulchrine nuns at Newhall.
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adj.n.a1800