单词 | piarist |
释义 | piarist in British English (ˈpiːərɪst) noun theology a member of a Roman Catholic religious order which aims to educate poor people Piarist in American English (ˈpaiərɪst) noun a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597 Word origin [1835–45; ‹ NL piār(um), in phrase (patrēs scholārum) piārum (fathers) of religious (schools) + -ist]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: catch-up, crosshead, ecumenical, hot plate, squeegee-ist is a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certainprinciples, doctrines, etc. Other words that use the affix -ist include: Thomist, apologist, novelist, realist, socialist |
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