Assumptionist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Assumptionist
First recorded in 1895–1900; Assumption (in the ecclesiastical sense) + -ist
Example Sentences
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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
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
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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