Clarisse
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See also: clarisse
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French Clarisse, from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more. Doublet of Clarissa and Clarice.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /kləˈriːs/, /kleɪˈriːs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /klaˈriːs/
Proper noun
[edit]Clarisse
- A female given name from French
Noun
[edit]Clarisse (plural Clarisses)
- (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...
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[edit]References
[edit]- “Clarisse, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2019.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Clarisse f
- a female given name
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