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Piarist

noun
Pi·​a·​rist | \ ˈpīərə̇st\
plural -s

Definition of Piarist

: a member of a religious teaching institute founded at Rome early in the 17th century by St. Joseph of Calasanza

History and Etymology for Piarist

probably from (assumed) New Latin piarista, from piarum (in the phrase patres scholarum piarum fathers of the religious schools) + -ista -ist

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