URSULINE


Meaning of URSULINE in English

/err"seuh lin, -luyn', -leen', errs"yoo-/ , n.

1. Rom. Cath. Ch. a member of an order of nuns founded at Brescia, Italy, about 1537, devoted to teaching.

adj.

2. of or pertaining to the Ursulines.

[ 1685-95; Saint URSUL(A) + -INE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .