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Definition of Ursuline

Ursuline
Ursuline Ur"su*line, n. [Cf. F. ursuline.] (R. C. Ch.) One of an order of nuns founded by St. Angela Merici, at Brescia, in Italy, about the year 1537, and so called from St. Ursula, under whose protection it was placed. The order was introduced into Canada as early as 1639, and into the United States in 1727. The members are devoted entirely to education.
Ursuline
Ursuline Ur"su*line, a. Of or pertaining to St. Ursula, or the order of Ursulines; as, the Ursuline nuns.

Meaning of Ursuline from wikipedia

- Look up Ursuline in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ursuline may refer to: Ursulines, Catholic religious institutes that have been deeply involved in...
- The Ursulines, also known as the Order of Saint Ursula (post-nominals: OSU), is an enclosed religious order of women that in 1572 branched off from the...
- Ursuline College is a private Roman Catholic liberal arts college in Pepper Pike, Ohio. It was founded in 1871 by the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland and...
- Ursuline College is an all-girls Catholic voluntary Secondary School (state school) in Sligo . It is under the trusteeship of the Le Cheile Schools Trust...
- The Ursuline School is an American all-girls', independent, private, Roman Catholic middle and high school located on a 13-acre (53,000 m2) campus in New...
- Ursuline Convent (French: Couvent des Ursulines) was a series of historic Ursuline convents in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. In 1727, at the request...
- Ursuline Sisters can refer to one of several religious institutes: Ursulines, founded in Italy in 1535 Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed...
- Victoria Hall (also known as Ursuline Academy, as well as the Lynch House) at 201 South Winebiddle Street in the Bloomfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh...
- Founded in 1905 by the Ursuline Sisters, Ursuline was an all-women's academy until 1930. Around the start of the 20th century, Ursuline High School began service...
- The Ursuline Monastery of Quebec City (French: Monastère des Ursulines de Québec) was founded by a missionary group of Ursuline nuns in 1639 under the...