clarist

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Definition of clarist

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

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.”

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noun

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.”

adj

(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.”

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From Clare + -ist, q.v.

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