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Marist

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmɛərɪst/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mâr′ist, mar′-)

Mar•ist (mâr′ist, mar′-),USA pronunciation n. [Rom. Cath. Ch.]

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

French Mariste. See Mary, -ist
1875–80

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Marist /ˈmɛərɪst/ n

a member of the Society of Mary, a religious congregation founded in 1824

Etymology: 19th Century: from French Mariste, from Marie Mary (the virgin)

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