Noun
A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTheir one monastery was on the top of Monte Varese, near Lago Maggiore, on the spot where their foundress, the Blessed Catarina Morigia (or Catherine of Palanza), had first led a solitary life. Source: Internet
Jamil M. Abun-Nasr, A History of the Maghrib (Cambridge University 1971) at 20. In this regard, perhaps the legend about Dido, the foundress of Carthage (see above), as related by Trogus is apposite. Source: Internet
Since then, Tenrikyo itself has never had a Honseki, although some Tenrikyo splinter groups believe that the revelatory leadership passed from Iburi to their particular founder or foundress. Source: Internet
“Making the poor feel at home” -– I find my foundress, Saint Jeanne Jugan, in these words of Pope Francis. Source: Internet
Only in 1941 was she recognized as the foundress of her congregation. Source: Internet
The missionary challenge is to open new ways and horizons to try to imitate the apostolic zeal, creativity and strength of our foundress. Source: Internet