| 单词 | blue nun |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue nun blue nun n. a nun who wears a blue habit; spec. (with capital initial) a member of the Roman Catholic order of the Conception (cf. conceptionist n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > other religions > Order of Visitation > [noun] > member of blue nuna1700 Visitandine1747 visitation nun1899 society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > Order of St. Benedict > [noun] > Conceptionist conceptionist1757 blue nuna1848 a1700 in Harleian Misc. (1744) I. 425/2 A Monastery of Visitation-Nuns, otherwise Blue Nuns. a1848 E. Petre Notices of Eng. Colleges (1849) p. v Nuns of the Conception, or Blue Nuns, at Paris. 1931 Notes & Queries 22 Aug. 143/2 The most prominent of them is Elizabeth Anne, who helped to establish the Blue Nuns in Paris, and became their Abbess. 1979 S. Gray Hottentot Venus 8 Down the plane-tree Ninth Avenue rides a blue nun on a cross-barred bicycle. 2009 H. A. Laffaye Evol. Polo 308/2 Milford House was sold..and is now a nursing home run by the Blue Nuns. < as lemmas |
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