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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (R. C. Ch.) 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.
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