411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Clarissian
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
English
Etymology
From en Clarissa ian Poor Clare.
Adjective
-
en Catholicism en Clarissan: Of or relating to the Order of Saint Clare; of or relating to someone named Clarissa.
en 1986 Helen O. Molitor Modern Isms and the Lovejovian Universe Man and Nature 5 128 For a commentary on the range of Clarissian criticism, see...
en November 21 2008 Theresa Kim https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Contemplatives-in-Korea,-players-in-inter-faith-dialogue-13818.html Comtemplatives in Korea... PIME AsiaNews Along with the charism of the Teresian Carmel, other cloistered orders exist in South Korea, namely the Carthusians, the Complative Missionary Fraternity, Dominicans, Clarissian sisters and the Cistercians. https://web.archive.org/web/20251014111334/https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Contemplatives-in-Korea,-players-in-inter-faith-dialogue-13818.html 14 October 2025
Noun
en Catholicism en Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
en 1992 Samuel Kline Cohn The Cult of Remembrance and the Black Death https://www.google.fr/books/edition/The_Cult_of_Remembrance_and_the_Black_De/-4KI3sSqfGoC?pg=PA322 322 In 1260, the Clarissians moved to the convent of Santa Chiara in town; afterwards, the church became a Fransciscan friary...
en eponyms 4-syllable words
en People Women Monasticism