Ursuline

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Ursuline

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From Ursula + -ine. Compare French ursuline.

noun Ursulines

  1. One of a Roman Catholic female religious order whose patron saint is Saint Ursula.

adjective

  1. not comparable Relating to or belonging to the Ursulines. COURCOL for the Appellantes and Demandantes ſets forth, ‘That the Suite was of a Contract of Sale of a houſe ſituate in this City of Metz paſſed by F. Forget then Rector of the Jeſuites of the ſaid City for the uſe of the Urſuline Nuns of Maſcon, ſtipulating for a new eſtabliſhment of the Nuns of th

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noun one of a Roman Catholic female religious order whose patron saint is Saint Ursula

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@misc{ursuline_2026,
  title = {Ursuline},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ursuline},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}