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A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess.
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One of an order of nuns established on the principles of the Jesuits, but suppressed by Pope Urban in 1633.
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A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.
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One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.
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A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
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A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent.
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A covering of silk, linen, or other material, for the neck and chin, formerly worn by women as an outdoor protection, and still retained in the dress of nuns.
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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.
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Of or pertaining to St. Ursula, or the order of Ursulines; as, the Ursuline nuns.
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One of an order of nuns founded by Ursula Benincasa, who died in 1618.
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One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross) devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the Western United States.
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An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns.
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See Franciscan Nuns, under Franciscan, a.
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