Brother of the Christian Schools

[bruhth-er uhv thuh kris-chuhn skoolz]

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

1. a member of a congregation of brothers, founded in France in 1684 for the education of boys, especially those in poverty.

2. Also Irish Christian Brother a member of a congregation of teaching brothers, founded in Ireland in 1802.

Example Sentences

I owe this unexpected good fortune to a Brother of the Christian Schools, to Brother Judulien, of the La Salle College at Buenos Aires.

From Project Gutenberg

We found Rose quiet, hopeful, talking of her approaching discharge—in three weeks at most,—and so free from all thought of death that she told us of a furious love scene that took place yesterday between a woman in the bed next hers and a brother of the Christian schools, who was there again to-day.

From Project Gutenberg

As the priest stepped forward he saw Vincent, whom a Brother of the Christian Schools was clutching tightly by the ear.

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