Meanings
plural Clarissines
- CatholicismSynonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare, sometimes particularly one who follows or advocates the original precepts established by St Clare.
Synonyms: Poor Clare
- not comparableCatholicismSynonym of Clarissan: of or related to the Order of Saint Clare.
...she returned shortly thereafter to Austria where she lived from 1313 until her death in the Clarissine monastery of Ko:nigsfelden
2019, Attila Zsoldos, The Árpáds and Their Wives, page 199Synonyms: Clarissan
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare, sometimes particularly one who follows or advocates the original precepts established by St Clare.
adjectiveSynonym of Clarissan: of or related to the Order of Saint Clare.
Origin
- Frenchclarissine
- EnglishClarissine
From French clarissine, from Clarisse + -ine.
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Clarissine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Clarissine
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