Clarissine

English

Etymology

From French clarissine, from Clarisse + -ine.

Noun

Clarissine (plural Clarissines)

1. (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

• Urbanist

Adjective

Clarissine (not comparable)

1. (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

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