Lourdes-like

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Lourdes +‎ -like.

Adjective[edit]

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.
    • 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:
      Such was the expectant electric atmosphere of the time that our outpatient clinic acquired a Lourdes-like quality.
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