Lourdes

[ loord, loordz; French loord ]

noun

1. a city in SW France: Roman Catholic shrine famed for miraculous cures.

Lourdes

/ lurd /

noun

1. a town in SW France: a leading place of pilgrimage for Roman Catholics after a peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous, had visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858. Pop: 15 203 (1999)

Example Sentences

His sister, Lourdes, fears for how the town will re-build with so much lost and now a severe lack of infrastructure.

From BBC

Lourdes Mata and her daughter Erika Hernandez were at the meeting Tuesday to push the city to make the changes.

From Los Angeles Times

And while the disabled Lily Fox survives “The Miracle Club,” which would be Smith’s final film, she does so with a late-in-life reconciliation prompted by a visit to Lourdes.

From Los Angeles Times

Daria Kasatkina, the 12th seed, beat Romania's Jaqueline Cristian 6-2 6-4 to progress, while Ukrainian 27th seed Elina Svitolina came through in three sets against Maria Lourdes Carle of Argentina.

From BBC

“The project is already a success. They are free,” said Maria de Lourdes Oliveira, whose family leased part of their land for reforestation.

From Seattle Times