Piarist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Piarist
1835–45; < New Latin piār ( um ), in phrase ( patrēs scholārum ) piārum (fathers) of religious (schools) + -ist
Example Sentences
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Angelo da Acri, a Capuchin priest who died in October 1739, and Faustino Míguez, a Piarist priest who founded the Calasanziano Institute of the Daughters of the Divine Shepherd, will also be canonized October 15.
From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2017
Piarist, pī′ar-ist, n. one of a religious congregation for the education of the poor, founded in Rome in 1617 by Joseph Calasanza.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
The town hall, the Franciscan church, the Piarist monastery and college, and the theatre are also worthy of mention.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
To the talents and firmness of Stanislaus Konarski, himself a Piarist, the Polish literary historians ascribe the principal merits of the final victory of his order.
From Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations by Robinson, Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob
He was educated at Urbino, by the Piarist brothers founded by St. Joseph Calasanzio in 1617.
From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)
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