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Assisian, a. and n.|əˈsiːsɪən, -ˈzɪən|
Also Assisan.
[See -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the town of Assisi in central Italy; spec. of St. Francis of Assisi.
B. n. An inhabitant of Assisi. The Assisian, St. Francis.
1870Mrs. Oliphant Francis of Assisi i. 18 This absolute penury must have struck the sick fancy of the young Assisan [sc. St. Francis]. Ibid. iv. 66 The Assisan bishop, who knew something of the temper of the lords of Umbria. Ibid. xvii. 281 As anxious as the Assisans that the head-quarters of the Order at the Portiuncula should be the future shrine of the saint. 1893F. Thompson Poems 72 The Assisian, who kept plighted faith to three, to Song, to Sanctitude, and Poverty. 1905Athenæum 30 Sept. 431/1 She—like the Assisian..exhibited on her own body the Stigmata. a1907F. Thompson St. Ignatius Loyola (1909) iii. 76 Another story recalls the Assisian Saint. 1923G. K. Chesterton St. Francis iii. 52 The Papal cause..aroused enthusiasm among a number of young Assisians. Ibid. 53 The legal authority of the Assisian magistrates. |