Urbanist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who studies cities and their growth.
  2. 2
    A Poor Clare who follows or advocates the use of revised codes of conduct in place of the original precepts established by Saint Clare.

    "The chief house of the Clares in England stood near Aldgate; it was built by Blanche, queen of Navarre, and her husband Edmund, earl of Lancaster, Leicester and Darby, son to Henry III. and brother to Edward I. These nuns were Urbanists, and enjoyed revenues. They were called Clares or Minoresses, and their house the Minories..."

  3. 3
    An urban planner.
  4. 4
    Alternative form of Urbaniste (“variety of pear”). alt-of, alternative

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"The chief house of the Clares in England stood near Aldgate; it was built by Blanche, queen of Navarre, and her husband Edmund, earl of Lancaster, Leicester and Darby, son to Henry III. and brother to Edward I. These nuns were Urbanists, and enjoyed revenues. They were called Clares or Minoresses, and their house the Minories..."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From urban + -ist.

Etymology 2

From Urban + -ist. In reference to Catholic nuns, from the promulgation of a separate rule of conduct by Pope Urban IV.

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