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Ursuline definition

Ur·su·line (ʉr′sə lin, -līn′)

noun

R.C.Ch. any member of a teaching order of nuns founded in 1535

Etymology: ModL Ursulina: after Ursula, the martyr

adjective

of this order

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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