Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

school sister of notre dame

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: school -sis-ter of notre -dame
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, a worldwide religious institute of Roman Catholic sisters, founded in Bavaria in 1833 and devoted to education.

Etymology

The use of French Notre Dame (“Our Lady”) originates from Chanoinesses de Saint-Augustin de la congrégation Notre-Dame (“Canonesses of Saint-Augustin of the Notre-Dame Congregation”), an order founded by Peter Fourier and Alix Le Clerc from which the School Sisters of Notre Dame developed.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Notre Dame

Inflected Forms

School Sisters of Notre Dame (plural)

Synonyms

SSND

Questions

What does school sister of notre dame mean?: A member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, a worldwide religious institute of Roman Catholic sisters, founded in Bavaria in 1833 and devoted to education.
Where does school sister of notre dame come from?: It is traced to French.

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