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Assumptionist

American  
[uh-suhmp-shuh-nist] / əˈsʌmp ʃə nɪst /

Etymology

Origin of Assumptionist

First recorded in 1895–1900; Assumption (in the ecclesiastical sense) + -ist

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Four priests served in this treaty-made capacity, all of them Assumptionist fathers, a missionary group with a special concern for the churches of the East.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Assumptionist Fathers swore to combat irreligion in Europe, to missionize in the East.

From Time Magazine Archive

Young Father Bissonnette had looked forward to a routine departure this spring, when another Assumptionist priest was to replace him.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although Assumption is a classical college, its regular instructors are all Catholic priests and Assumptionist Fathers.

From Time Magazine Archive

There followed Sister Marguérite Emilie, an Assumptionist, aged thirty-nine, a brisk, brown-faced, tall woman, in her religious habit.

From Lourdes by Benson, Robert Hugh

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