Paulist

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noun

, Roman Catholic Church.

1. a member of the “Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle,” a community of priests founded in New York in 1858.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Paulist¹

First recorded in 1880–85; Paul + -ist

Example Sentences

Sybil was a simple and devout worshipper at the ritualistic altar; she bent humbly before the Paulist fathers.

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I asked a noble Paulist father whom I met once on a railroad train.

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That city has, also, a conciliar seminary in charge of the Paulist fathers, and two hospitals subordinate to the miter.

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There was no time to visit the schools, to whose improvement the Paulist Government attaches high importance.

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The opening up of the interior led, about the year 1750, to the conquest of the Paulist Republic.

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