Poor Clare

English +s Noun Poor Clare en Catholicism A nun of the Poor Clares, a member of the Order of Saint Clare. en 1883 Encyclopaedia Britannica XVI 711 The Poor Clares... have also divided into Clarissines and Urbanists. en 1991 Thomas Head https://www.google.fr/books/edition/An_Encyclopedia_of_Continental_Women_Wri/2Wf1SVbGFg8C?pg=PA257 Clare of Assisi An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers Following Francis of Assisi Francis' example, Clare of Assisi Clare founded an order of religious women known as the Poor Ladies of Assisi (like Francis of Assisi Francis' Poor Men), and later as the Clarissas or Poor Clares in her honor. Synonyms en Clare, en Clarissa, en Clarisse, en Clarissan, en Clarissian, en Clarist, en Clarissine, en Minoress, en Poor Lady, en Sister Minor, en Sister Minoress Hypernyms en nun, en sister Hyponyms en Urbanist, en Clarisse, en Clarist, en Clarissine Translations Catalan: ca clarissa f Dutch: nl clarisse f, nl claris f French: fr clarisse Italian: it clarissa Latin: la clarissa, la minorissa Anagrams en acelooprr car pooler car-pooler carpooler corporale corporeal en eponyms en People Women Monasticism