XAVERIAN BROTHER


Meaning of XAVERIAN BROTHER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ zā-ˈvir-ē-ən-, za- ]

noun

Etymology: Xaverian of Saint Francis Xavier

Date: 1882

: a member of a Roman Catholic congregation of lay brothers founded by Theodore J. Ryken in Brugge, Belgium, in 1839 and dedicated to education

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