Lourdes-like

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of the Marian apparitions and pilgrimage site in the city of Lourdes, France.

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Meanings

adjectiveLourdes-like (comparative more Lourdes-like, superlative most Lourdes-like)

comparative more Lourdes-like · superlative most Lourdes-like

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the Marian apparitions and pilgrimage site in the city of Lourdes, France.

    Such was the expectant electric atmosphere of the time that our outpatient clinic acquired a Lourdes-like quality.

    1976 March 27, F. Dudley Hart, “History of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis”, in British Medical Journal, volume 1, number 6012, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 763

Origin

From Lourdes + -like.

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