[ '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 .
[ '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 .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004