Passionist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Passionist
From the Italian word passionista, dating back to 1840–50. See passion, -ist
Example Sentences
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Portions of the grounds of the Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center were “marred” by spray paint, according to a Facebook post by the monastery.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 21, 2020
But as the numbers of women religious in this country have dwindled, so too have the Passionist Nuns of St. Louis.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2018
He joined a fraternity, worked part time in various jobs and volunteered at the Passionist Monastery in Queens. He enrolled in a master’s program at Fordham University in the Bronx.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2018
But he cited Austin Smith, a Passionist Catholic priest from Liverpool who died in 2011, who said such rioting could be "literally an ecstatic experience" after the Toxteth trouble in the 1980s.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2012
For greater safety the letters for Breslin were sent under cover through my cousin, Father Bernard O'Loughlin, Superior of the Passionist Fathers in Paris.
From The Life Story of an Old Rebel by John Denvir
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