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Clarist en · ADJ

Etymology

From Clare + -ist, q.v.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Synonym of Clarissan: of or related to the Order of Saint Clare.
   • Soon after I arrived in Kerala, during a period when I was making frequent visits to Alphonsa's shrine in Bharananganam, a few of the Clarist nuns decided that I should take a trip up into the nearby mountain range to meet a gentleman they thought would be of great help to me in my research. 2001, Corinne G. Dempsey, Kerala Christian Sainthood, page 18:

Synonyms

Clarissan

Clarist en · NOUN

Etymology

From Clare + -ist, q.v.

Meanings

1. Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare, sometimes particularly one who follows or advocates the original precepts established by St Clare.
   • His wife desired to enter a convent of Clarists. 1840, Kenelm Henry Digby, Mores Catholici, page 404:

Forms

Coordinates

Urbanist

Synonyms

Poor Clare