Ursuline
/ˈəːsjʊlʌɪn
/ /ˈəːsjʊlɪn/noun
A nun of an order founded by St Angela Merici (1470–1540) at Brescia in 1535 for nursing the sick and teaching girls.So as not to remain simply with the two doctors of the church and Hildegard of Bingen, I wish also to mention Angela of Brescia, the founder of the Ursulines, and the humanistically highly-educated Catherine of Bologna....
- He said she was supported by the prayers of Sister Carmel and her order, the Ursulines, over the last few years as her life faded gradually.
- The Ursulines - an order for women - helped the poor; the Somaschi helped orphans in Venetia and the Barnabites in Milan helped the poor.
adjective
Relating to the Ursulines.Family members and Ursuline sisters sought to comfort her; she did not recognize them....
- ‘Some of those Ursuline nuns must have learned a great deal from the Senator's tactics’, he writes.
- Dr Calvert's appointment as headteacher of Ursuline High five years ago was itself a radical move for the school, as all previous headteachers had been Ursuline sisters.
Origin
From St Ursula, the founder's patron saint (see Ursula, St), + -ine1.
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