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noun
Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, obsolete
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
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Synonyms: Poor Clare
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noun
A nun of the Order of Mary Immaculate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
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History
Calque of Medieval Latin sorores minores (“lesser sisters”) and its variants in Norman, Middle French, and Italian. Doublet of Sister Minoress.
