Passionist
[ pash-uh-nist ]
nounRoman Catholic Church.
a member of the “Congregation of Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ,” founded in 1720 and engaged chiefly in missionary work.
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How to use Passionist in a sentence
The church bell was ringing, the monks of the Passionist monastery were getting up for their midnight offices.
The Woman Thou Gavest Me | Hall CaineAnne Kearns has the lumbago for which she rubs on Lourdes water, given her by a lady who got a bottleful from a Passionist father.
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