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Paulist

[paw-list]

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noun Roman Catholic Church.

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

Origin of Paulist

First recorded in 1880–85; Paul + -ist

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for paulist

There was no time to visit the schools, to whose improvement the Paulist Government attaches high importance.
South America To-day|Georges Clemenceau
Sybil was a simple and devout worshipper at the ritualistic altar; she bent humbly before the Paulist fathers.
Democracy An American Novel|Henry Adams
That city has, also, a conciliar seminary in charge of the Paulist fathers, and two hospitals subordinate to the miter.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 (Vol 28 of 55)|Various
The opening up of the interior led, about the year 1750, to the conquest of the Paulist Republic.
The Story of the Nations: Portugal|H. Morse Stephens

I asked a noble Paulist father whom I met once on a railroad train.
That Last Waif|Horace Fletcher