Poor Ladies

English

plural of Poor Lady
- 1991, Thomas Head, “Clare of Assisi”, in An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers:
  Following Francis' example, Clare founded an order of religious women known as the Poor Ladies of Assisi (like Francis' Poor Men), and later as the Clarissas or Poor Clares in her honor.

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