Paulist

[paw-list]

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

1. a member of the “Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle,” a community of priests founded in New York in 1858.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Paulist¹

First recorded in 1880–85; Paul + -ist

Example Sentences

But the awards were founded in 1974 by the most peculiar sort of hyphenate: a 6-foot-7 priest-producer named Father Ellwood “Bud” Kieser of the church’s Paulist Fathers society.

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Being administered day-to-day by more liberal, self-governing religious orders — including the Jesuits, the Paulist Fathers and the Franciscans — affords the parishes and their priests the freedom to do things like preach homilies that extol the dignity of gay people and the value of their relationships in a way that priests who work directly for the cardinal tend to avoid.

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“There will be times when church officials in New York will not like what I am doing,” said Father Walsh, a member of the Paulist Fathers.

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Members of the Paulist Fathers had gone to the lake for a retreat and were passing by on a tiki tour when they came across the victim, Jimmy MacDonald, struggling to stay afloat in choppy water.

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Jimmy MacDonald, who is a substance abuse counselor and recovered substance abuser, was saved by the Paulist Fathers, a Catholic religious community from St. Joseph’s Seminary in Washington, D.C., who helped with the Tiki Tours staff.

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