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Ur•su•line



Pronunciation: (ûr'su-lin, -līn", -lēn", ûrs'yoo-), [key]
—n.
Rom. Cath. Ch.a member of an order of nuns founded at Brescia, Italy, about 1537, devoted to teaching.

—adj.
of or pertaining to the Ursulines.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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