ursuline

ursuline is a 8-letter English word with 2 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 12 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. adjective. Of or pertaining to St. Ursula, or the order of Ursulines; as, the Ursuline nuns.

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