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Sepulchran, a.|sɪˈpʌlkrən|
[f. sepulchre n. + -an.]
Sepulchran nun: a member of the Order of Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre; pl. the church of this order. Cf. Sepulchrine.
1844A. P. de Lisle in E. Purcell Life (1900) I. 130 Mr. and Mrs. Craven met us at Mass at the Sepulchran Nuns. 1857G. Oliver Coll. Cath. Relig. Cornw. 30 The English Sepulchran nuns had determined to emigrate from Liege. |