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Clarissa
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clarissa
English
thumb|right|250px|Title page of Richardson's Clarissa
Etymology
en it Clarissa, from en la-med Clarissa; see there for more. Popularized in English by Samuel Richardson's 1748 novel Clarissa (novel) Clarissa. en Clarisse.
Pronunciation
en /kləˈɹɪsə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Clarissa.wav Southern England
en ɪsə 3
Proper noun
en female Latin,Italian.
en 1748 w:Samuel Richardson Clarissa My wife's maiden nameUnmarried name, I should rather say was HarloweClarissa Harloweyou heard me call her my ClarissaI didbut I thought it to be a feigned or a love-name, said Miss Rawlins. Noit was her real name, I said.
Related terms
en Clarice, en Clarisse
Noun
en Catholicism en Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
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 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.
en 1992 Caroline A. Bruzelius Hearing Is Believing: Clarissan Architecture, ca. 12131340 Gesta 31 2 85 In the protomonastero of Santa Chiara in Assisi, erected from the outset for the Clarissas, however, equally frequent changes and modifications in the location of the nuns' choir suggest that there were still uncertainties as to the best place for it.
en 1995 Caroline A. Bruzelius Queen Sancia of Mallorca and the Convent Church of Sta. Chiara in Naples Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 40 75 The rule of Urban IV also clarified the nomenclature of the Clarissas, with the pope designating the group as the Order of St. Claire rather than Poor Ladies, or Poor Recluses, of San Damiano.
Alternative forms
en clarissa
Derived terms
en Clarissan, en Clarissian
Translations
female given name
French: fr Clarisse
Italian: it Clarissa
Latin: la Clarissa
Marathi: mr क्लारिसा f
Polish: pl Klarysa f
en terms borrowed from Italian eponyms 3-syllable words
en People Women Monasticism
Indonesian
Etymology
id it Clarissa.
Pronunciation
id /ˈklarisa/
Proper noun
id female Italian Clarissa
Clarissa Goenawan Clarissa Goenawan id, b. 1988
Italian
it:+ (nome)
Etymology
it la-med Clarissa; see there for more. As a female name, popularized by it en Clarice, en Clarisse, etc.
Noun
f
it clarissa: a member of the Order of Saint Clare
Proper noun
f
it female
Latin
Etymology
From la Clara -issa -ess, from la roa-oit Chiara Offreduccio, St. Clare of Assisi, the founder of the order, from la la clarus clear, bright.
Pronunciation
Noun
Clarissa f
la Medieval la clarissa a member of the Order of Saint Clare
Proper noun
Clarissa f
la Medieval la female
Descendants
en Clarissa 1
fr Clarisse
it Clarissa