Clarissian
Clarissian adjective: synonym of Clarissan: Of or relating to the Order of Saint Clare; of or relating to someone named Clarissa.
Adjective
Clarissian (not comparable)
- Synonym of Clarissan: Of or relating to the Order of Saint Clare; of or relating to someone named Clarissa.
- For a commentary on the range of Clarissian criticism, see...1986, Helen O. Molitor, “Modern Isms and the Lovejovian Universe”, in Man and Nature, volume 5, page 128
- Along with the charism of the Teresian Carmel, other cloistered orders exist in South Korea, namely the Carthusians, the Complative Missionary Fraternity, Dominicans, Clarissian sisters and the Cistercians.2008 November 21, Theresa Kim, “Comtemplatives in Korea...”, in PIME AsiaNews
- Synonyms:
- Clarissan
Noun
Clarissian (plural Clarissians)
- Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
- In 1260, the Clarissians moved to the convent of Santa Chiara in town; afterwards, the church became a Fransciscan friary...1992, Samuel Kline Cohn, The Cult of Remembrance and the Black Death, page 322
- Synonyms:
- Poor Clare
Synonyms of Clarissian
Forms of Clarissian
| plural | Clarissians |
|---|
Origin of Clarissian
From Clarissa (“Poor Clare”) + -ian.
Questions about Clarissian
- What does Clarissian mean?
- Clarissian means synonym of Clarissan: Of or relating to the Order of Saint Clare; of or relating to someone named Clarissa.
- What part of speech is Clarissian?
- Clarissian can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near Clarissian in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Clarissian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “Clarissian.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/clarissian. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.