“loretto”

The following 3 entries include the term loretto.

Lady of Loretto

: loretto nun

Loretto nun

noun

: a member of a congregation of religious women founded by Mary Teresa Ball near Dublin, Ireland, in 1822

Sister of Loretto

: a member of a Roman Catholic community of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, Kentucky, and devoted to educational work and the care of orphans


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