Home › Words › C › claristclaristclarist means synonym of Clarissan: of or related to the Order of Saint Clare.EtymologyFrom Clare + -ist, q.v.adjSynonym of Clarissan: of or related to the Order of Saint Clare.nounSynonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare, sometimes particularly one who follows or advocates the original precepts established by St Clare.e.g.“His wife desired to enter a convent of Clarists.” — 1840, Kenelm Henry Digby, Mores Catholici, page 404:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.clarissine 92% match — Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare, sometimes particularly one who follows or advocates the original precepts established by St Clare. vs clarist →clarissian 84% match — Synonym of Clarissan: Of or relating to the Order of Saint Clare; of or relating to someone named Clarissa. vs clarist →clarissan 83% match — Of or relating to the Order of Saint Clare. vs clarist →clarissa 79% match — Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare. vs clarist →clarisse 77% match — Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare, sometimes particularly such a nun who followed the original rules of Saint Clare of Assisi. vs clarist →clare 75% match — Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare. vs clarist →clitoridean 59% match — Synonym of clitoral. vs clarist →cluniac 58% match — A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine order, founded in 910 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France. vs clarist →