单词 | daughters of mercy |
释义 | > as lemmasDaughters of Mercy b. In plural. With capital initial. Used in the names of various (esp. Roman Catholic) women's religious bodies, as Daughters of Charity (of St. Vincent de Paul), Daughters of Mercy, etc. Also (in singular): a member of one of these bodies. [In quot. 1617 after French Filles-Dieu (second half of the 13th century in Old French), the name of an order of repentant former prostitutes (and the earliest example of this type of a name of a religious order in French). ΚΠ 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. ii. iv. 190 Vpon the righthand is the Nunnery of the daughters of God, which vse to giue three morsels of bread and a cup of wine to condemned men going to execution. 1773 J. Aikin & A. L. Aikin Misc. Pieces in Prose 116 There were orders, as well amongst the women, as the men, instituted for charitable purposes, such as that of the..Daughters of mercy, founded in 1660, for the relief of the sick poor. 1877 Irish Monthly 5 475 Her own Sisterhood, the Daughters of St. Vincent de Paul. 1900 E. C. Donnelly (title) The life of Sister Mary Gonzaga Grace, of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, 1812–1897. 1940 Amer. Speech 15 339/1 Daughters of Mercy D.M. 1969 Furrow 20 201 The following organizations are in the parish:..the Catholic Daughters of Australia; [etc.]. 2011 M. E. O'Brien Spirituality in Nursing ii. 46 Today the Daughters of Charity comprise one of the largest international Catholic religious communities of women in existence, with approximately 28,000 Daughters worldwide. < as lemmas |
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