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Xaverian, a. and n.|zeɪˈvɪərɪən|
[f. the name Xav(i)er + -ian.]
A. adj.
a. Of, pertaining to, or designating a teaching order of Roman Catholic monks founded in 1839 and named in honour of St. Francis Xavier.
b. Of or pertaining to St. Francis Xavier (1506–56), Spanish missionary.
B. n. A Brother of the Xaverian order.
1882Pabisch & Byrne tr. Alzog's Man. Univ. Church Hist. IV. 333 The Xaverian Brothers, founded at Bruges..in 1839, and introduced into the United States..in 1854, have under their charge, Mt. St. Joseph's College, Carrollton, Md. 1912Catholic Encycl. XIII. 284/2 After holding the office of Superior General of the Xaverians for twenty-seven years. 1915C. C. Martindale In God's Army I. 118 The whole Xaverian history had been one of deliberate ambition. 1931M. Yeo St. Francis Xavier vi. 69 One sentence seems to have the true Xaverian ring. 1967New Catholic Encycl. XIV. 1058/1 The Xaverian Brothers played an important role in the development of Catholic education. Ibid. 1058/2 In the U.S. the Xaverians staffed most of the parish schools of Louisville. |