Clarist
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Clarist
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From Clare + -ist, q.v.
noun Clarists
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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.
Similar: Poor Clare
adjective
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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.
Similar: Clarissan
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title = {Clarist},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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