PASSIONIST


Meaning of PASSIONIST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpa-sh(ə-)nist ]

noun

Etymology: Italian passionista, from passione passion, from Late Latin passion-, passio

Date: 1832

: a member of a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded by St. Paul of the Cross in Italy in 1720 and devoted chiefly to missionary work and retreats

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