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Lourdes-like

Lourdes-like adjective: resembling or characteristic of the Marian apparitions and pilgrimage site in the city of Lourdes, France.

Adjective

Lourdes-like (comparative more Lourdes-like, superlative most Lourdes-like)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the Marian apparitions and pilgrimage site in the city of Lourdes, France.
    • Such was the expectant electric atmosphere of the time that our outpatient clinic acquired a Lourdes-like quality.1976 March 27, F. Dudley Hart, “History of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis”, in British Medical Journal, volume 1, number 6012, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 763

Forms of Lourdes-like

comparativemore Lourdes-like
superlativemost Lourdes-like

Origin of Lourdes-like

From Lourdes + -like.

Questions about Lourdes-like

What does Lourdes-like mean?
Lourdes-like means resembling or characteristic of the Marian apparitions and pilgrimage site in the city of Lourdes, France.
What part of speech is Lourdes-like?
Lourdes-like is an adjective.

Words near Lourdes-like in the dictionary

  1. lour
  2. Lourches
  3. Lourdes
  4. Lourdes Extension
  5. Lourdes Proper Subdivision
  6. Lourdes-like
  7. loure
  8. loured
  9. loureirin
  10. loureirins
  11. loureiro

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