Eudistn.adj.
/ˈjuːdɪst/ Roman Catholic Church.
A. n.
A member of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary, a French secular clergy founded by Eudes in 1641, and now chiefly engaged in secondary education esp. in France and Canada.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [noun] > French secular
Eudist1882
1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 767/2 Eudes..left his order, and founded an independent congregation—the Eudists, or the Congregation of Jesus and Mary—for the education of priests and for missions among the clergy.
1911 A. L. Pringle Home of Evangeline v. 187 In the year 1905, forty-six Eudists were at work in that diocese.
1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 471/2 The ‘Congregation of Jesus and Mary’, whose members are commonly known as ‘Eudists’, was almost extinguished by the Revolution.
1983 Relig. & Society in N. Amer. 113/1 (title) The Catholic Church and the industrialization of Quebec: religion as practiced by the Eudists and the workers of the Chicoutimi Basin, 1903–30.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the Congregation of Jesus and Mary.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [adjective] > French secular
Eudist1911
1911 A. L. Pringle Home of Evangeline v. 186 The work begun in solitude by Father Sigogne is being carried on and extended by the Eudist Fathers.
1915 J. H. Gregory tr. Bernadette of Lourdes ii. iii. 185 A Eudist religious informed the Reverend Mother General that a child afflicted with a species of leprosy had been cured as the result of a novena.
1950 W. R. Bird This is Nova Scotia iv. 107 At St. Ann's College there is a degree-conferring institution founded in 1891 by Eudist priests from France.
1967 New Catholic Encycl. V. 624/2 The Eudist Fathers direct the interdiocesan seminary of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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