Lisieux

/ lizjø /

noun

1. a town in NW France: Roman Catholic pilgrimage centre, for its shrine of St Thérèse, who lived there. Pop: 23 166 (1999)

Example Sentences

The list of Normandy towns left ruined and counting their dead grew with the Allied advances: Argentan, Aunay-sur-Odon, Condé-sur-Noireau, Coutances, Falaise, Flers, Lisieux, Vimoutiers, Vire and others.

From Seattle Times

“Marie Valdar Longem is shocked by the incomprehensible decision of the Lisieux criminal court, which has decided to believe Kevin Staut’s version of the facts, despite numerous elements presented to the court that contradicted his account,” Longem’s defense team said in a statement.

From Seattle Times

The court ruling in the French city of Lisieux was not immediately available.

From Seattle Times

She also becomes a fanatical devotee of her namesake, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower, associating piety with a devotion to domestic chores.

From New York Times

Her voice is reminiscent of that of the accessible and practical 16th-century nun St. Teresa of Ávila, or the 19th-century St. Therese of Lisieux, whose teachings are still prevalent today.

From Washington Post