English Explanatory Dictionary

School Sister of Notre Dame

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, a worldwide religious institute of Roman Catholic sisters, founded in Bavaria in 1833 and devoted to education.

Word forms

School Sister of Notre Dame School Sisters of Notre Dame

Etymology

The use of French Notre Dame (“Our Lady”) originates from Chanoinesses de Saint-Augustin de la congrégation Notre-Dame (“Canonesses of Saint-Augustin of the Notre-Dame Congregation”), an order founded by Peter Fourier and Alix Le Clerc from which the School Sisters of Notre Dame developed.

Synonyms

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