Ursuline Definition

ûrsə-lĭn, -līn, -lēn, ûrsyə-
noun
Any member of a teaching order of nuns founded in 1535
Webster's New World
adjective
Of or belonging to the Ursulines.
American Heritage
Of this order.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Ursuline

Noun

Singular:
Ursuline
Plural:
ursulines

Origin of Ursuline

  • After Saint Ursula , legendary British princess and martyr

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ursuline Sentence Examples

  • An Ursuline convent, built in 1764, serves as hotel de ville and law court, and a church of the 14th century is used as a market.

  • Among the principal buildings are the U.S. Government Building, the City Hall and the County Court House; and the city's institutions include the Laredo Seminary (1882) for boys and girls, the Mercy Hospital, the National Railroad of Mexico Hospital and an Ursuline Convent.

  • The town is the centre of great educational activity, its schools including the New England girls' school, St Patrick's college, the high school, the Ursuline convent and state schools.

  • In 1834 an Ursuline Convent, built in 1827 on Mt Benedict, was sacked and destroyed by an anti-Catholic mob.

  • A convent school of the Ursuline nuns is a prominent feature on a hill to the south.

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Words Starting With

UURURS

Words Ending With

ENEINE

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