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ˈUrbanist1
[f. the Papal name Urban (see defs.) + -ist. Cf. F. Urbaniste in sense 2.]
1. An adherent of Pope Urban VI (1378–89), the opponent of anti-pope Clement VII. Also attrib. rare.
1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccccxxx. 305 b, All the flemynges be as good Urbanystes as we be. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. VI. 17 As Clement's party drew back, the Urbanists took up the cry. 1926S. F. Smith Great Schism of West 22 To say..that the urbanist succession was valid is by no means the same as [etc.].
2. A nun of a branch of the Poor Clares, following the rule as mitigated by Pope Urban IV in 1264.
1687Miége Gt. Fr. Dict., Urbanistes,..Vrbanists, a sort of Nuns. 1756–9A. Butler Lives Saints, B. Colette, She..took the habit of..the mitigated Clares, or Urbanists. 1806Archaeol. XV. 93 They were also called Urbanists, from Pope Urban IV, who mitigated the rigour of their rules as originally drawn up by St. Francis. 1884Catholic Dict. 667/1 The order [of nuns of St. Clare] was thus divided into two branches, the larger being known by the name of Urbanists, the latter by that of Clarisses. |