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Passionist

Pas·sion·ist [ pásh'nist ] (plural Pas·sion·ists)


noun 
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member of religious order: a member of a Roman Catholic mendicant order devoted to commemorating the Passion of Jesus Christ by missionary work. The order was founded in Italy in 1720 by St. Paul of the Cross.

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