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.
       [Webster 1913 Suppl.]