Meanings
plural Clarists
- 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.
His wife desired to enter a convent of Clarists.
1840, Kenelm Henry Digby, Mores Catholici, page 404Synonyms: Poor Clare
- not comparableCatholicismSynonym of Clarissan: of or related to the Order of Saint Clare.
Soon after I arrived in Kerala, during a period when I was making frequent visits to Alphonsa's shrine in Bharananganam, a few of the Clarist nuns decided that I should take a trip up into the nearby mountain range to meet a gentleman they thought would be of great help to me in my research.
2001, Corinne G. Dempsey, Kerala Christian Sainthood, page 18Synonyms: 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.
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Clarist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Clarist
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