Etymology

School Sister of Notre Dame

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

French Notre Dame
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  1. French · derived fromNotre Dame“Our Lady”
  2. English todaySchool Sister of Notre Dame

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.

Words from the same roots

FrenchNotre Dame all →

Notre Dame

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.