Clarisse

See also: clarisse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Clarisse, from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more. Doublet of Clarissa, Clarice, Clare, Claire, Clara, Clarist, and Clarissine.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /kləˈriːs/, /kleɪˈriːs/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /klaˈriːs/

Proper noun

Clarisse

A female given name from French

Noun

Clarisse (plural Clarisses)

(Catholicism) Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare, sometimes particularly such a nun who followed the original rules of Saint Clare of Assisi.
- 1693, Antonio Gavin translating Gabriel d'Emillianne as A Short History of Monastical Orders, p. 253:
  Clara... withdrew herself... to the Church of St. Damian, and there gave beginning to the poor Maids, called from her name Clarisses...

Coordinate terms

Urbanist

Derived terms

Clarice, Clarissine

References

“Clarisse, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2019.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kla.ʁis/
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Proper noun

Clarisse f

a female given name

Descendants

English: Clarisse, Clarice