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Bernardine
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bernardine
English
Etymology 1
From en fr Bernardin or en la Bernardīnus.adj 4398872548 en Bernard -ine.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks.
Of or pertaining to other religious orders known as the Bernadines, such as the Bernadines of the Precious Blood
Translations
of or pertaining to the Cistercian monks
Finnish: fi bernhardilainen
Polish: pl bernardyński
Noun
A Cistercian monk.
en Cistercian
A member of various other religious orders known as the Bernardines
Translations
Cistercian monk
Finnish: fi bernhardilaismunkki
German: de Bernhardinermönch m, de Bernhardiner m
Polish: pl bernardyn m, pl bernardynka f
Etymology 2
From en fr Bernardine. en Bernard -ine<id:female>. en Bernardina.
Proper noun
en female French.
1 May 1965 Mother Bernardine of Sisters of Mercy https://www.nytimes.com/1965/05/01/archives/mother-bernardine-of-sisters-of-mercy.html Mother Mary Bernardine Purcell, Councilor General of the Sisters of Mercy of the Union in the United States of America, died yesterday in Stella Maris Hospice.
21 October 1976 w:John M. Crewdson F.B.I.’s Break-In Ban Reported Violated https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/21/archives/fbis-breakin-ban-reported-violated-hoover-regulation-said-to-have.html The target, the sources said, was Jennifer E. Dohrn, 32 years old, a sister of Bernardine Rae Dohrn, one of the principal members of the Weather Underground, a collection of fugitive terrorists that has taken responsibility for numerous bombings in this country.
1 November 2019 Concepción de León Booker Prize Winner ‘Girl, Woman, Other’ Is Coming to America https://web.archive.org/web/20191101092010/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/01/books/bernardine-evaristo-girl-woman-other-booker-prize.html Bernardine Evaristo, the first black woman to win the literary award, talks about her mission to write about the African diaspora and why her novel involves 12 interconnected characters.
References
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