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Paulist

American

[paw-list] / ˈpɔ lɪst /

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.

Etymology

Origin of Paulist

First recorded in 1880–85; Paul + -ist

Example Sentences

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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

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

After working as a stock trader in San Francisco, he entered St. Paul’s College, a Paulist seminary in Washington, and was ordained a priest in 1970.

From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2015

As a publisher, Father Boadt was long associated with the Paulist Press, located in Mahwah.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2010

Individuality is an integral and conspicuous element in the life of the Paulist.

From Life of Father Hecker by Elliott, Walter

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