Etymology

Piarist

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Today it means: A member of the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools, a Catholic educational order founded in the sixteenth century. Full definition →

Latin pius
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  1. Latin · derived frompius“pious”
  2. English todayPiarist

From Latin pius (“pious”), + -ist.

Words from the same roots

Latinpius all →

pious

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