What Does “Sor” Mean in the Bible?
Title
A title placed before the name of a religious sister in Spanish. It means “Sister.”
A detail
- In the Bible: Anna, the prophetess, served God in the Temple night and day, with fasting and prayer.
Today
For example, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz or Sor Teresa.
Where it appears in the Bible
Luke 2:37
What the Bible says
Luke 2:37
And she was a widow until fourscore and four years; who departed not from the temple, by fastings and prayers serving night and day.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Catechism 915