Passionist \Pas"sion*ist\, n. (R. C. Ch.)
A member of a religious order founded in Italy in 1737, and
introduced into the United States in 1852. The members of the
order unite the austerities of the Trappists with the
activity and zeal of the Jesuits and Lazarists. Called also
{Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross}.
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