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loretto nuns
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loretto nuns, [From Loreto , a city in Italy famous for its Holy House, said to be that in which Jesus lived, brought by angels from Nazareth.].
Members of a congregation of nuns founded by Mrs. Mary Teresa Ball , near Dublin, Ireland, in 1822, and now spread over Ireland, India, Canada, and the United States. The nuns are called also Ladies of Loreto . They are engaged in teaching girls. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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