Marist

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Mar·ist

M0111500 (mâr′ĭst, măr′-)n.1. A member of the Society of Mary, a congregation of Roman Catholic missionary priests founded in 1836.2. A member of the Little Brothers of Mary, a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in 1817.
[French Mariste, from Marie, the Virgin Mary, from Late Latin Maria; see marionette.]

Marist

(ˈmɛərɪst) RC Churchn1. (Roman Catholic Church) a member of the Society of Mary, a religious congregation founded in 18242. (Education) NZ a teacher or pupil in a school belonging to the Marist Order3. (Roman Catholic Church) NZ a teacher or pupil in a school belonging to the Marist Orderadj (Roman Catholic Church) of a Marist[C19: from French Mariste, from Marie Mary (the virgin)]

Mar•ist

(ˈmɛər ɪst, ˈmær-)

n. a member of a Roman Catholic religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary. [1875–80; < French Mariste]