Main Entry: Ur·su·line

Pronunciation: \ˈər-sə-lən, -ˌlīn, -ˌlēn\

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin Ursulina, from Ursula St. Ursula, legendary Christian martyr

Date: 1693

: a member of any of several Roman Catholic teaching orders of nuns; especially : a member of a teaching order founded by St. Angela Merici in Brescia, Italy, in 1535