Clarissine

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English

Etymology

From French clarissine, from Clarisse + -ine.

Noun

Clarissine (plural Clarissines)

  1. (Catholicism) Synonym 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.

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Adjective

Clarissine (not comparable)

  1. (Catholicism) Synonym of Clarissan: of or related to the Order of Saint Clare.
    • 2019, Attila Zsoldos, The Árpáds and Their Wives‎, page 199:
      ...she returned shortly thereafter to Austria where she lived from 1313 until her death in the Clarissine monastery of Ko:nigsfelden

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