| 单词 | sisters of mercy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSisters of Mercy b. Sisters of Mercy.Sisters of Mercy is the name of a Roman Catholic sisterhood founded at Dublin in 1827. ΚΠ 1818 A. M. Porter Fast of St. Magdalen III. xxv. 164 She marked the languid air of the first, and the hasty movements of the other, with that interest she had learned from the Sisters of Mercy to feel for every wayfaring stranger. 1829 Standard 9 Apr. He principally objected to the order of the Sisters of Mercy, who went about amongst the poor Protestants under the pretext of charity, but really with a view to converting them to their own religious faith. 1854 Galignani's Messenger 13 Dec. 4/2 Last week there came here [i.e. to The Crimea] twenty Sisters of Mercy. 1873 J. N. Murphy Terra Incognita xiv. 158 A clean coverlet and a pair of blankets, given him by the Sisters of Mercy, are the only bed clothes. 1905 Catholic Herald 3 Feb. 12/3 The Hospice for the Dying..is..under the management of the Irish Sisters of Mercy. 1991 Daughters of Sarah May 25/1 The suppression of tubal ligation surgery in U.S. hospitals run by the Sisters of Mercy. < as lemmas |
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