单词 | sisters of charity |
释义 | > as lemmasSisters of Charity a. Sisters of Charity. ΚΠ 1785 T. Mortimer tr. J. Necker Treat. Admin. Finances of France III. xvii. 219 The sisters of charity, whose..zeal is maintained and supported by a fixed sentiment of religion. 1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 181/2 There are a Roman Catholic church..and an establishment of the Sisters of Charity. 1875 H. B. Stowe We & our Neighbors xx. 202 She seems to regard her mission as like that of the brave Sisters of Charity who go upon the field of battle amid belching cannon and bursting shells, to bring away the wounded. 1936 Irish Monthly 64 704 She became a Sister of Charity, expecting to nurse the sick. 2012 Furrow 63 316 Entering the Sisters of Charity was her way of following her ideal. < as lemmas |
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