英和和英

語源

From Clarissa +‎ -an.

形容詞

Clarissan (not comparable)

1. (Catholicism) Of or relating to the Order of Saint Clare.
   • 2005, Caroline A. Bruzelius, "Hearing Is Believing: Clarissan Architecture, c. 1213–1340", Medieval Religion: New Approaches, p. 249:

     Strict enclosure presented additional complexities when the convent churches were open to the lay public, as was the case in the Clarissan order ("Poor Clares").

   • 2021, William Stargard, "Space and the Meaning of Distance in Bernardo Vittone's Architecture", Hemispheres and Stratospheres, p. 46:

     There are two commissions for the Clarissan order (または Poor Clares), that warrant attention, the convent church at Santa Chiara in Bra and the convent church at Santa Chiara in Turin.

2. Of or relating to someone named Clarissa.
   • 2005, Martha J. Koehler, Models of Reading: Paragons and Parasites in Richardson, Burney, and Laclos, p. 138:

     The image of the crowds of fallen women can be seen as both the diametrical opposite to and the necessary contrast or "negative space" for the emergence of the unique woman, the paragon. Obviously, the "luster" of the Clarissan diamond is best perceived against these "common stones", to paraphrase Johnson.

   • 2008, Robert L. Chibka, "Henry Fielding, Mentalist", Henry Fielding in Our Time, p. 93:

     This sort of reading identifies the whole novel with a naïve Clarissan view...

同意語

• Clarissian, Clarissine, Clarist

名詞

Clarissan (複数形 Clarissans)

1. (Catholicism) Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
   • 1865, John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow, Women's Work in the Church, p. 130:

     The rule of the Clarissans, who take their name from St Clara, was very strict.