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▪ I. victorine, n.1|ˈvɪktəriːn| [? f. Victor-ia2 + -ine4.] A kind of fur tippet worn by ladies, fastened in front of the neck and having two loose ends hanging down.
1848Geo. Eliot Let. 31 May (1954) I. 263 We do not find it too warm, however, for I have even felt the want of my Victorine. 1849Ann. Reg. 111 The several articles now produced, a bonnet, a fur victorine, &c. 1862Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 4502, Manufacturer of self-fasteners for victorines and mantles. 1881C. M. Yonge Lads & Lasses Langley i. 47 The first prize was a lovely fur victorine. 1902Delineator Dec. 614/1 The Victorine and collarette are again promised favour. ▪ II. victorine, n.2 and a.|ˈvɪktəriːn| [ad. F. Victorin, f. the name of the monastery of St. Victor near Paris.] a. n. One or other of the founders or adherents of the type of mysticism developed at St. Victor in the 12th and 13th centuries. b. adj. Of or pertaining to the mysticism of St. Victor.
1881Encycl. Brit. XII. 583/2 The art of the Victorine school was carried to its greatest perfection by Adam of St. Victor. 1882–3Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. II. 1603 There is a palpable connection..between the pseudo-Dionysian writings and the Victorines. 1886C. Bigg Christian Platonists of Alexandria v. 189 Thus Origen..became also the spiritual ancestor of Bernard, the Victorines, and the author of the De Imitatione. |