Clarisse

See also: clarisse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Clarisse, from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more. Doublet of Clarissa, Clarice, Clare, Claire, Clara, Clarist, and Clarissine.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kləˈriːs/, /kleɪˈriːs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /klaˈriːs/

Proper noun

Clarisse

1. A female given name from French

Noun

Clarisse (plural Clarisses)

1. (Catholicism) Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare, sometimes particularly such a nun who followed the original rules of Saint Clare of Assisi.
   • 1693, Gabriel d'Emillianne, translated by Antonio Gavin, A Short History of Monastical Orders, page 253:

     Clara... withdrew herself... to the Church of St. Damian, and there gave beginning to the poor Maids, called from her name Clarisses...

Coordinate terms

• Urbanist

Derived terms

• Clarice, Clarissine

References

• “Clarisse, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2019.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kla.ʁis/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Clarisse f

1. a female given name

Descendants

• English: Clarisse, Clarice