Ursuline

[ ur-suh-lin, -lahyn, -leen, urs-yoo- ]

noun

1. Roman Catholic Church. a member of an order of nuns founded at Brescia, Italy, about 1537, devoted to teaching.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Ursulines.

Ursuline

/ ˈɜːsjʊˌlaɪn /

noun

1. a member of an order of nuns devoted to teaching in the Roman Catholic Church: founded in 1537 at Brescia

adjective

1. of or relating to this order

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ursuline¹

1685–95; Saint Ursul(a) + -ine ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ursuline¹

C16: named after St Ursula , patron saint of St Angela Merici, who founded the order

Example Sentences

In a letter obtained by Religion News Service and later published in the Kansas City Star, Sisters Angela Fitzpatrick and Michele Morek, members of the Ursuline Sisters order, explain their intention to vote Tuesday against a proposed amendment that, if passed, would alter the state’s constitution to remove the explicit right to an abortion.

From Washington Post

He adapted his libretto from Aldous Huxley’s book of the same name, a discursive nonfiction novel about the downfall of the 17th-century priest Urbain Grandier, a libertine who was accused of associating with the devil and bringing about mass demonic possession of Ursuline nuns.

From New York Times

After attending secondary school at the Ursuline Convent in Waterford, she dropped out at age 14 to care for her mother.

From Washington Post

In 2014, an Italian Ursuline nun named Cristina Scuccia won “The Voice” in Italy and got a record deal.

From New York Times

One of the oldest Black sisterhoods, the Sisters of the Holy Family, formed in New Orleans in 1842 because white sisterhoods in Louisiana, including the slave-holding Ursuline order, refused to accept African Americans.

From Seattle Times