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单词 ursuline
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Ursulinen.adj.

Brit. /ˈəːsjᵿlʌɪn/, /ˈəːsjᵿliːn/, /ˈəːsjᵿlᵻn/, U.S. /ˈərsələn/, /ˈərsəˌlin/, /ˈərsəˌlaɪn/
Etymology: < St. Ursul-a, name of a legendary early British virgin-martyr, + -ine suffix1.
A. n. plural.
A religious order of nuns, established under the rule of St. Augustine in 1572 from a company founded at Brescia in 1537, for the teaching of girls, nursing of the sick, and the sanctification of the lives of its members.
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Ursuline1693
1693 A. Gavin Short Hist. Monastical Orders 248 They are called Urselines, from a holy Virgin called Ursula..who suffered Martyrdom..near Colen.
1701 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1909) 7 88 We were..afterwards at ye Grand Ursulines.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. ii. 91 A convent of Ursulines, remarkable for their hospitality to strangers.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. xii. 297 These it is my purpose to dedicate to Heaven in the convent of the Ursulines.
1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 827/1 The Ursulines do not now increase so rapidly as in former times.
B. adj.
Pertaining or belonging to the Ursulines.
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Ursuline1739
1739 T. Gray Let. 1 Apr. in Corr. (1971) I. 100 We went also to the chapels of the Jesuits and Ursuline Nuns.
1804 M. Lamb Lines Pict. Two Females 2 The Lady Blanch..To the Urs'line convent hastens.
1815 H. H. Milman Fazio 45 Our convent gates are rude,..Our Ursuline veils of such a jealous woof [etc.].
1894 T. C. Upham Life Mme. Guyon i. 2 She was placed at the Ursuline Seminary.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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