Clarissan

English Etymology From en Clarissa an. Adjective - en Catholicism Of or relating to the Order of Saint Clare. en 2005 Caroline A. Bruzelius Hearing Is Believing: Clarissan Architecture, c. 12131340 Medieval Religion: New Approaches https://books.google.fr/books?id=Utp4HPqcx_8C&pg=PA249 249 Strict enclosure presented additional complexities when the convent churches were open to the lay public, as was the case in the Clarissan order ("Poor Clares"). en 2021 William Stargard Space and the Meaning of Distance in Bernardo Vittone's Architecture Hemispheres and Stratospheres https://books.google.fr/books?id=SU0IEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT46 46 There are two commissions for the Clarissan order (or Poor Clares), that warrant attention, the convent church at Santa Chiara in Bra and the convent church at Santa Chiara in Turin. Of or relating to someone named Clarissa. en 2005 Martha J. Koehler Models of Reading: Paragons and Parasites in Richardson, Burney, and Laclos https://www.google.fr/books/edition/Models_of_Reading/Kvtyyp3UCrQC?pg=PA138 138 The image of the crowds of fallen women can be seen as both the diametrical opposite to and the necessary contrast or "negative space" for the emergence of the unique woman, the paragon. Obviously, the "luster" of the Clarissan diamond is best perceived against these "common stones", to paraphrase Ben Johnson Johnson. en 2008 Robert L. Chibka Henry Fielding, Mentalist Henry Fielding in Our Time https://www.google.fr/books/edition/Henry_Fielding_In_Our_Time/5LUIEAAAQBAJ?pg=PA93 93 This sort of reading identifies the whole novel with a naïve Clarissan view... Synonyms en Clarissian, en Clarissine, en Clarist Noun en Catholicism en Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare. en 1865 John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow Women's Work in the Church https://www.google.fr/books/edition/Woman_s_Work_in_the_Church/Mh51wliQWxYC?pg=PA130 130 The rule of the Clarissans, who take their name from Clare of Assisi St Clara, was very strict. en eponyms 3-syllable words en Women Monasticism