Dictionary

Clarissian en · ADJ

Etymology

From Clarissa (“Poor Clare”) + -ian.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Synonym of Clarissan: Of or relating to the Order of Saint Clare; of or relating to someone named Clarissa.
   • For a commentary on the range of Clarissian criticism, see... 1986, Helen O. Molitor, “Modern Isms and the Lovejovian Universe”, in Man and Nature, volume 5, page 128:
   • Along with the charism of the Teresian Carmel, other cloistered orders exist in South Korea, namely the Carthusians, the Complative Missionary Fraternity, Dominicans, Clarissian sisters and the Cistercians. 2008 November 21, Theresa Kim, “Comtemplatives in Korea...”, in PIME AsiaNews:

Synonyms

Clarissan

Clarissian en · NOUN

Etymology

From Clarissa (“Poor Clare”) + -ian.

Meanings

1. Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
   • In 1260, the Clarissians moved to the convent of Santa Chiara in town; afterwards, the church became a Fransciscan friary... 1992, Samuel Kline Cohn, The Cult of Remembrance and the Black Death, page 322:

Forms

Synonyms

Poor Clare