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Clarisse|klæˈriːs|
[Fr.]
a. The French name for a Poor Clare.
b. A nun belonging to that branch of the order of St. Clare which follows the original rule, as distinguished from the Urbanists who follow the mitigated rule approved by Pope Urban IV in 1264. (Also occas. Clarist and Clarissine.)
1693tr. Emilianne's Hist. Monast. Orders 253 Clara..withdrew herself..to the Church of St. Damian, and there gave beginning to the poor Maids, called from her name Clarisses. 1840K. H. Digby Mores Cath. IX. x. xiii. 404 His wife desired to enter a convent of Clarists. 1879Encycl. Brit. IX. 153/1 One of the only two nunneries of the Clarisses in Scotland existed at Aberdour. 1883Ibid. XVI. 711/1 The Poor Clares..have also divided into Clarissines and Urbanists. |