Clarissine
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French clarissine, from Clarisse + -ine.
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Clarissine (not comparable)
- (Catholicism) Synonym of Clarissan: of or related to the Order of Saint Clare.
- 2019, Attila Zsoldos, The Árpáds and Their Wives[1], page 199:
- ...she returned shortly thereafter to Austria where she lived from 1313 until her death in the Clarissine monastery of Ko:nigsfelden
References[edit]
- “Clarisse, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2019.
