Magdalens

They go through the usual novitiate and make their vows in the regular manner: they are then called "Magdalens," and inhabit a portion of the house reserved for them, say their office at stated hours in their own chapel, contiguous to that of the Good

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 Various

Touriere sisters, 962 "Magdalens", 6372 "penitents", and 8483 children of various classes.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

The British children sent to Catholic orphanages in Australia and the "Magdalens" of Ireland were but the tip of an iceberg which I'm sure appalls most Catholics.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

There are some people who think little of the consequences for cavalier action on the high seas, but those people seem about as ill-informed as someone who thinks they are in Newfoundland when in fact they are just south of the Magdalens.

Archive 2006-03-01 Ed Hollett 2006

There are some people who think little of the consequences for cavalier action on the high seas, but those people seem about as ill-informed as someone who thinks they are in Newfoundland when in fact they are just south of the Magdalens.

March 2006 Ed Hollett 2006

Magdalens, her cap awry, her apron on the floor, and her face again covered by her hands.

Une Vie 2003

Her conversion will be a miracle -- a miracle of sweet violence, such as drew the Magdalens, the Augustines, and the Cortonas from the trammels of vice to the holy and happy path of repentance.

Alvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius

Magdalens, negroes -- do with the light filtered through ponderous Church creeds, Baconian theories, Goethe schemes?

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various

It was a great scandal for the Bohemians of art to find this calico-painter received every where in refined and intelligent society, while they, with all their airs, long hairs, and shares of impudence, could not enter -- they, the creators of Medoras, Magdalens, Our Ladies of

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Various

Christ saved the thief, to encourage thieves to come to him for mercy; he saved Magdalen, to encourage other Magdalens to come to him for mercy; he saved Saul, to encourage Sauls to come to him for mercy; and this Paul himself doth say: "For this cause," saith he,

The Riches of Bunyan Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin