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Marist

[ mair-ist, mar- ]

noun

, Roman Catholic Church.
  1. a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.


Marist

/ ˈmɛərɪst /

noun

  1. a member of the Society of Mary, a religious congregation founded in 1824
  2. a teacher or pupil in a school belonging to the Marist Order
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. of a Marist
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Marist1

From the French word Mariste, dating back to 1875–80. See Mary, -ist
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Marist1

C19: from French Mariste, from Marie Mary (the virgin)
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Example Sentences

Brady, formerly a head coach at Marist and James Madison, joined the program in 2017 as the director of player personnel and became an assistant coach the following year.

An NPR-PBS NewsHour-Marist poll found that 49 percent of Republican men said they would not receive a vaccine if it were offered to them.

Interestingly, the percentage of Republican men rejecting the vaccine is up substantially from December, when Marist asked the same thing.

In that poll, 36 percent of Republicans said that they didn’t plan to get the vaccine — a lower percentage than the Marist poll but similarly larger than other groups.

Miringoff notes that in the case of states like Pennsylvania, Marist’s findings were “technically in the margin of error.”

From Fortune

A Spaniard by birth, Victor Serna left home shy of his 14th birthday and entered the monastery to become a Marist brother.

The poll comes from the McClatchy News Service and was conducted by Marist.

This McClatchy-Marist poll tells us that a middle-ground approach would be popular across the board.

Forty-eight percent of men said in a Marist poll this month that they are “very enthusiastic” about voting, the most of any group.

A recent Marist poll shows Gov. David Paterson with approval rating among New Yorkers of 17 percent.

But my concern now is with the work of the Marist Brothers who have made Albert their headquarters.

Sometimes when the old Marist priest comes here he makes me feel d——d uncomfortable.

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