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Passionist, n. (a.)|ˈpæʃənɪst|
[= F. passionniste, Sp. pasionista, f. passion n.: see -ist.]
1. a. R.C. Ch. A member of ‘The Congregation of the Discalced Clerks of the most Holy Cross and Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ’, founded in Italy by Paolo della Croce in 1720.
In addition to the usual vows, they take an obligation that they will do their utmost to keep alive in the hearts of the faithful the memory of Christ's passion.
1832G. Spencer Let. 7 June in C. R. Leetham Luigi Gentili (1965) iii. 40 The General of the Passionists. 1839Ld. Shrewsbury Let. 16 Apr. in E. S. Purcell Life & Lett. A. P. de Lisle (1900) I. vi. 105, I have seen Lord Clifford, Father Glover and the Passionists. 1847Nat. Encycl. I. 363/1 The monastery of the Passionists. 1862Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) VI. lii. 296 The oblong platform..now occupied by the garden of the Passionists. 1885Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) s.v., The life of a Passionist is very austere. 1957Oxf. Dict. Chr. Ch. 1022/2 In 1841 the Passionists came to England, where they were the first religious after the Reformation to lead a strict community life and wear their habit in public. 1967D. T. Kauffman Dict. Relig. Terms 347/1 Passionists wear black garments and heart-shaped badges symbolizing the Passion. 1975R. Player Let's talk of Graves iii. 89 Father Dominic the Passionist who received our dear Newman into Christ's Church.
b. attrib. or as adj.
1844A. P. de Lisle Jrnl. 8 July in E. S. Purcell Life & Lett. A. P. de Lisle (1900) I. vii. 118 The Superior of the Passionist Monks called upon us. 1885Daily News 13 Feb. 3/1 The English and Irish Passionist clergymen of the Avenue Friedland confraternity. 1885Cath. Dict. (ed. 3) s.v., There are now five Passionist houses in England..two in Ireland..and one in Scotland. 1911Encycl. Brit. XX. 887/1 The order of Passionist Fathers,..was founded by St Paul of the Cross..in 1720. 1975Irish Times 30 May 16/1 The fact that in Ireland strong religious piety coexists with fierce sectarian hatreds is lamentable and points to a need for a questioning of the reality of religious beliefs, President O Dalaigh states in an interview in the current issue of the Passionist magazine, the Cross.
2. Eccl. Hist. = patripassian.
1874in J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects. |