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Piarist

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A member of the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools, a Catholic educational order founded in the sixteenth century.

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Etymology

From Latin pius (“pious”), + -ist.

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  • French: piariste — member of the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools
  • Hungarian: piarista — member of the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools
  • Polish: pijar — member of the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools