Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A female founder.
- noun A fertile female insect who founds a colony.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, as a charitable institution, or who endows with a fund, as a school or a hospital.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A female
founder .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a woman founder
Etymologies
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Examples
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She is known as the foundress of several churches in the Counties of Galway and Sligo, Ireland.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Scripture by which could be insinuated that the foundress was a
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3 Horace Walpole 1757
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(Lobera, born 1545; died 4 March 1621), prioress of Granada to succeed her in the position of "foundress" of the order.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Until recently the story of MacKillop's punishment was understood mainly as the result of a conflict between her and the bishop, who cited insubordination as the official reason for this extraordinary move against the foundress of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Mother Mary MacKillop: The Patron Saint of Abuse Victims S.J. Rev. James Martin 2010
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And the astonishing story of Mother Mary MacKillop, an Australian sister and foundress of a women's religious order, who will be canonized on Oct. 17, says a great deal about sanctity, about sin, about women in the church and, finally, about hope.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Mother Mary MacKillop: The Patron Saint of Abuse Victims S.J. Rev. James Martin 2010
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The most recently canonized American saint, Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, faced opposition from her local bishop who threatened ejecting her from her own religious order before she was able to attain autonomy in 19th-century Indiana.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: St. Steve Jobs? Probably Not, But…. S.J. Rev. James Martin 2011
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And the most recently canonized American saint, Mother Theodore Guérin, another foundress -- of the Sisters of Providence of St-Mary-of-the-Woods in Indiana -- was instructed by her local bishop to resign from her religious order and leave the state.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Mother Mary MacKillop: The Patron Saint of Abuse Victims S.J. Rev. James Martin 2010
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The astonishing story of Mother Mary MacKillop, an Australian sister and foundress of a women
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Mother Mary MacKillop: The Patron Saint of Abuse Victims S.J. Rev. James Martin 2010
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And the astonishing story of Mother Mary MacKillop, an Australian sister and foundress of a women's religious order, who will be canonized on Oct. 17, says a great deal about sanctity, about sin, about women in the church and, finally, about hope.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Mother Mary MacKillop: The Patron Saint of Abuse Victims S.J. Rev. James Martin 2010
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Until recently the story of MacKillop's punishment was understood mainly as the result of a conflict between her and the bishop, who cited insubordination as the official reason for this extraordinary move against the foundress of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Mother Mary MacKillop: The Patron Saint of Abuse Victims S.J. Rev. James Martin 2010
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