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Webster 1913 Edition
Passionist
Pas′sion-ist
,Noun.
(R. C. Ch.)
A member of a religious order founded in Italy in 1737, and introduced into the United States in 1852. The members of the order unite the austerities of the
Trappists with
the activity and zeal of the Jesuits and
Lazarists. Called also Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross
.