Marianiteadj.n.

1879 Catholic World May 264/2 It [sc. a New York orphanage] has 87 inmates, who are supported chiefly by the contributions of French Catholics and cared for by the Marianite Sisters of the Holy Cross.

1898 Catholic World May 208 Marianite Sisters of the Holy Cross, who are to be found laboring in our schools and hospitals.

1900 Catholic World July 464 Statistics of the Catholic missions in Japan... Marianite teachers (foreign) 36 (Japanese) 2.

1937 G. Fitzgerald (title) Juxta crucem, the life of Basil Anthony Moreau, 1799-1873, founder of the Congregation of holy cross and of the Marianite sisters of the holy cross.

1959 E. Heston tr. E. Catta & T. Catta Mother Mary of Seven Dolors viii. 109 The arrival of Mother Mary of the Seven Dolors on Canadian soil marks a date of capital importance in the history of the Marianite Sisters of the Holy Cross.

1990 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 28 Apr. c8/3 Sister Paschal has seen great changes in the Marianite order since she entered almost 60 years ago.

1906 Daily Chron. 23 Apr. 5/5 The church at Leschno..had been occupied by the sect of Marianites.

1959 E. Heston tr. E. Catta & T. Catta Mother Mary of Seven Dolors ix. 143 In the first foundations of the Marianites in Canada, days of joy followed upon days of trial.

1971 R. E. Witt Isis 310/2 The Marianites, condemned in the fifth century for worshipping Mary as a goddess..followed this tradition.

1983 Guide Relig. Communities for Women (National Sisters Vocation Conf.) 321/1 The Marianites today number 400 sisters working in the United States, France and Canada.