Poor Ladies

A form of Poor Lady — Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Poor Lady

    Following Francis' example, Clare founded an order of religious women known as the Poor Ladies of Assisi (like Francis' Poor Men), and later as the Clarissas or Poor Clares in her honor.

    1991, Thomas Head, “Clare of Assisi”, in An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers
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