Poor Lady

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Poor Lady

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Originally an epithet of St Clare of Assisi herself.

noun Poor Ladies

Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare. ...his widow became a Poor Lady in the convent of Strala, where she long fulfilled the office of abbess...
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@misc{poor_lady_2026,
  title = {Poor Lady},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poor%20lady},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}