Paulist

American  

[paw-list] / ˈpɔ lɪst /

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.

---

Etymology

Origin of Paulist

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2023

“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.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2021

But Father Dick Sparks, a Paulist priest in Vero Beach, Florida, said that a case can be made for it.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2019

Ironically, the owners are the Paulist Fathers, a Catholic order whose core mission includes promoting Catholic books.

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2013

I heard him relate several times the story of his life, his conversion, his joining the Redemptorists, his case before the Roman Congregations, and the founding of the Paulist community.

From Life of Father Hecker by Elliott, Walter