Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Nuns"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Loreto \Lo*ret"o\, or Loretto \Lo*ret"to\, nuns \nuns\ [From
Loreto, a city in Italy famous for its Holy House, said to be
that in which Jesus lived, brought by angels from Nazareth.]
(R. C. Ch.)
Members of a congregation of nuns founded by Mrs. Mary Teresa
Ball, near Dublin, Ireland, in 1822, and now spread over
Ireland, India, Canada, and the United States. The nuns are
called also {Ladies of Loreto}. They are engaged in teaching
girls.


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