Clarissa
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Clarissa is a noun meaning (Catholicism) Alternative letter-case form of Clarissa: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
Meaning
(Catholicism) Alternative letter-case form of Clarissa: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
Example Sentences
[…] all these obscene references of a sexual nature punctuate the ritualistic prodigality of the Northeast and its winter cycle, and if in the main popular qualification of the character of the clarissa nun called Maria Ermelinda Correia, the composer of the sweet in the mouth of the people, as an expression of her overblown greediness.
Word Forms
- clarissas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include clemence, francesca, concordia, carissa.
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