What does "clarissine" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "clarissine"?

Common synonyms include: clarissan, franciscan, poor clare.

Clarissine

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Definitions

Noun

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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.

Adjective

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Synonym of Clarissan: of or related to the Order of Saint Clare. not-comparable
"...she returned shortly thereafter to Austria where she lived from 1313 until her death in the Clarissine monastery of Ko:nigsfelden"

Synonyms

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clarissan franciscan poor clare

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"...she returned shortly thereafter to Austria where she lived from 1313 until her death in the Clarissine monastery of Ko:nigsfelden"

Etymology

From French clarissine, from Clarisse + -ine.

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