religieuse

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   dated: a nun or other woman belonging to a religious order

   The religieuse followed the convent's rule of obedience and prayer.

2. 2
   noun

   a French pastry made from two stacked choux buns filled with pastry cream

   The bakery topped each chocolate religieuse with a collar of buttercream.

Borrowed from French religieuse, the feminine of religieux, 'religious.' The older English use names a woman in a religious order. The stacked French pastry received the same name because its shape and icing were thought to resemble a nun's habit.

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