School Sister of Notre Dame

English

Etymology

The use of French Notre Dame (“Our Lady”) originates from Chanoinesses de Saint-Augustin de la congrégation Notre-Dame (“Canonesses of Saint-Augustin of the Notre-Dame Congregation”), an order founded by Peter Fourier and Alix Le Clerc from which the School Sisters of Notre Dame developed.

Noun

School Sister of Notre Dame (plural School Sisters of Notre Dame)

  1. A member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, a worldwide religious institute of Roman Catholic sisters, founded in Bavaria in 1833 and devoted to education.
    Synonym: (initialism) SSND
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