Bernardine

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1. Of or pertaining to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks.
2. Of or pertaining to other religious orders known as the Bernadines, such as the Bernadines of the Precious Blood

plural Bernardines

1. A Cistercian monk.

   Synonyms: Cistercian

2. A member of various other religious orders known as the Bernardines

1. A female given name from French.

   Mother Mary Bernardine Purcell, Councilor General of the Sisters of Mercy of the Union in the United States of America, died yesterday in Stella Maris Hospice.

   1965 May 1, “Mother Bernardine of Sisters of Mercy”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

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   The target, the sources said, was Jennifer E. Dohrn, 32 years old, a sister of Bernardine Rae Dohrn, one of the principal members of the Weather Underground, a collection of fugitive terrorists that has taken responsibility for numerous bombings in this country.

   1976 October 21, John M. Crewdson, “F.B.I.’s Break-In Ban Reported Violated”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

   Bernardine Evaristo, the first black woman to win the literary award, talks about her mission to write about the African diaspora and why her novel involves 12 interconnected characters.

   2019 November 1, Concepción de León, “Booker Prize Winner ‘Girl, Woman, Other’ Is Coming to America”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2019