| 单词 | white sister |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWhite Sister White Sister n. a nun belonging to an order which wears a white habit; (in later use) spec. a member of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, founded in 1869 to assist the White Fathers, or of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Ghost, founded in 1706 in Brittany. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > other religions > White Sister > [noun] White Sister1608 1608 E. Grimeston tr. J. F. Le Petit Gen. Hist. Netherlands iii. 402 The Images in this sort being cast downe and broken in the great church, a great multitude of the youths..ran throughout the towne, to other churches, to do the like, as to the Franciscan friers,..the Fakens, the White sisters, the Blacke sisters. 1659 in J. Morris Troubles Catholic Forefathers (1872) (modernized text) 1st Ser. i. vi. 316 Seventy-two..were Nuns of the Choir, the rest White Sisters and Lay-sisters. 1890 E. H. Barker Wayfaring in France vi. 305 It was a White Sister kneeling and praying. 1908 Catholic Times 6 Mar. 11/2 We have in the Katanga many missions..and everywhere are White Fathers, religious women (White Sisters). 1957 G. D. Kittler White Fathers vii. 81 The answer, Lavigerie realized, would be in establishing the White Sisters. 2003 F. Fleming Sword & Cross xiii. 208 The White Sisters adored Foucauld even more... They fed him, mended his clothes..and taught him how to bake wafers for Mass. < as lemmas |
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