资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lorettine \Lo`ret*tine"\, n. (R. C. Ch.)
   One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in
   Kentucky. The members of the order (called also {Sisters of
   Loretto}, or {Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross})
   devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of
   destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the
   Western United States.

Lorettine \Lo`ret*tine"\, n. [From Loreto in Italy.] (R. C. Ch.)
   (a) One of an order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in
       Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters
       of Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross)
       devote themselves to the cause of education and the care
       of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined
       to the western United States.
   (b) A Loreto nun.