Defn: An instructor. [Obs.] Gower.
LORETO NUNS; LORETTO NUNS Lo*ret"o, or Lo*ret"to, 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.] (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: 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.
LORETTE
Lo`rette", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: In France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers, and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; — so called from the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris, near which many of them resided.
LORETTINE
Lo`ret*tine", n. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross) devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the Western United States.
LORGNETTE
Lor`gnette" n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: An opera glass; pl.
Defn: elaborate double eyeglasses.