“nôtre”

The following 5 entries include the term nôtre.

il faut cultiver notre jardin

French quotation from Voltaire

: we must cultivate our garden : we must tend to our own affairs

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Notre Dame

French noun phrase

: Our Lady (the Virgin Mary)

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School Sister of Notre Dame

noun

: a member of a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded in France by St. Peter Fourier in 1597 and devoted chiefly to education

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Sister of Notre Dame de Namur

: a member of a Roman Catholic community founded in 1803 and devoted chiefly to teaching

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