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Ursuline

Ursuline

1 9.9
A school or convent run by a group of Catholic nuns who teach and help people
  • proper noun
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  • In 1 647, the Ursuline Convent in Loudun, France... ...was plagued by possession.
  • Ursuline College

And in my high school, Ursuline Academy, the nuns made service and social justice a high priority in the school.

Examples

  • One hundred seventy-five students enrolled in the author's General Psychology courses from Fall 1998 to Fall 2003 at Ursuline College were employed for this study.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Her statue is at Ursuline Academy (the oldest all-girls school in the US) in New Orleans.

    Blog text (18)

  • And in my high school, Ursuline Academy, the nuns made service and social justice a high priority in the school.

    TED-Ed

  • This research was supported in part by a sabbatical leave from Ursuline College during the spring semester of 2005.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Ursuline College is a small liberal arts Catholic women's college located in northeastern Ohio.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Hope Brinn is a sophomore at Swarthmore College and a graduate of Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Delaware.

    Blog text (9)

  • Peterman, an Ursuline High School graduate, originally committed to play football at Syracuse University, but he was ruled academically ineligible.

    Blog text (13)

  • The small gym at Ursuline will be packed tonight.

  • Hope Brinn is a sophomore at Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Delaware.

  • Ursuline College is a small liberal arts Catholic women's college located in northeastern Ohio.

Synonyms

convent
vsUrsuline
64 5.6

A building where nuns live and pray together

is used for schools and institutions run by a particular religious order
nunnery
vsUrsuline
12 8.1

A building where religious women live and work

is used also for schools and institutions run by a specific order
motherhouse
vsUrsuline
  • Specialized
1 8.1

The main house of a religious group where leaders live and run its work

is used for any school or local institution run by a religious order
religious residence
vsUrsuline
6.4

A place where people live apart to focus on religion, like a monastery or convent

is specifically a school or institution run by a particular religious order

Surface Forms

Ursuline main

Morphology

Ursuline = Ursula (opaque) = Ursul + ine

Named from the saint's name with '-ine' to designate institutions of the order, a cultural/encyclopedic naming pattern not readily deducible by learners.

Etymology

Ursuline comes from the name Ursula, from the Latin ursa meaning 'bear', and so the word is used as the name for a school, convent, or institution run by that religious order.