Clarissine
English
Etymology
From French clarissine, from Clarisse + -ine.
Noun
Clarissine (plural Clarissines)
- (Catholicism) Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare, sometimes particularly one who follows or advocates the original precepts established by St Clare.
Coordinate terms
- Urbanist
Adjective
Clarissine (not comparable)
- (Catholicism) Synonym of Clarissan: of or related to the Order of Saint Clare.
- 2019, Attila Zsoldos, The Árpáds and Their Wives, p. 199:
- ...she returned shortly thereafter to Austria where she lived from 1313 until her death in the Clarissine monastery of Ko:nigsfelden
- 2019, Attila Zsoldos, The Árpáds and Their Wives, p. 199:
References
- “Clarisse, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2019.