| 单词 | poor clares |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPoor Clares A nun of the Franciscan order of St. Clare; in plural (sometimes Poor Clares) the sisterhood instituted by St. Clare at Assisi c1212; also called Minoresses from adopting the Franciscan rule and habit. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > Franciscan > [noun] > Poor Clare Minoress1395 Clare1608 1608 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1914) 14 31 This Convent of Nazareth of the poor Clares erected in the Town of Graveling. c1660 in J. Morris Troubles Catholic Forefathers (1872) (modernized text) 1st Ser. vi. 277 The Rich Clares and Annunciates were their near neighbours. a1773 A. Butler Lives Saints (1779) III. 108 A new nunnery of Poor Clares being founded at Bologna. 1894 A. M. Clarke Life St. Francis Borgia viii. 141 His youngest daughter had become a Poor Clare. < as lemmas |
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