URSULINE


Meaning of URSULINE in English

[ 'ə:sjʊlʌɪn , -lɪn ]

■ noun a nun of an order founded in northern Italy in 1535 for nursing the sick and teaching girls.

■ adjective relating to this order.

Origin

from St Ursula , the founder's patron saint, + -ine 1 .

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