The Collaborative International Dictionary
Religieuse \Re*li`gi`euse"\ (re-l?`zh?`?z"), n. f. Religieux \Re*li`gi`eux"\ (re-l?`zh?`?"), n. m.[F.] A person bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"a nun, a religious woman," 1690s, from French, fem. of religieux "monk," noun use of adjective meaning "religious" (see religious). As a type of pastry, attested from 1929.
Wiktionary
n. (context dated English) A nun.
Wikipedia
Religieuse is a French pastry made of two choux pastry cases, one larger than the other, filled with crème pâtissière, mostly commonly chocolate or mocha. Each case is covered in a ganache of the same flavor as the filling, and then joined decorated with piped buttercream frosting.
The pastry, whose name means "Nun", is supposed to represent the papal mitre. Religieuse itself was supposedly conceived in the mid-nineteenth century, but the first version of the batter was invented in 1540 by Panterelli, the Florentine chef of the Florentine queen of France, Catherine de' Medici. After subsequent iterations, the batter finally took its current form in the early 18th century in the kitchens of Marie-Antoine Carême, "The King of Chefs and the Chef of Kings". Religieuse is a type of éclair.
Usage examples of "religieuse".
Bernard, qui avait un air embarrasse: --Ce sont deux religieuses, dit-il.
Sister Fidelma is not simply a religieuse, a member of the community of St.
She rode a horse, a fact that signified that she was no ordinary religieuse but a woman of rank.
Before Abbess Hilda had time to respond, questioning why a young Irish religieuse should be worthy to be asked to make her presence known to them, the Bishop Colman had risen from his chair and had taken a stride towards the girl with an outstretched hand of welcome.
The young religieuse took his hand and inclined her head slightly in deference to his rank.
He wondered whether the Irish religieuse was always as sharp as this or whether it was some reaction to him.
Both Fidelma and Eadulf turned together as an elderly religieuse paused on the portal.
The Pictish religieuse raised her broad shoulders and let them fall in a gesture that was one of part indecision and part resignation.
Abbe had come with them as a religieuse, baptized in the Columban church.
It was to this effect: Here Reposes in God, Caroline de Clery, a Religieuse of St.
It was the only indication that he made in recognition of the fact that the young religieuse held a degree which was only one below the highest legal qualification in the land.
I expected to find her something of a religieuse, at least one of those women of the provinces who know nothing of what happens two leagues away, and who live in a certain narrow circle from which they never escape.
The Reverend Mother was a religieuse in her seventies, a bright-faced robin of a woman, cheerful and energetic, who gloried in the peace and joy of convent life, and of a life devoted to God.
It was to this effect: Here Reposes in God, Caroline de Clery, a Religieuse of St.