Poor Clare

Poor Clare (plural Poor Clares)

1. (Catholicism) A nun of the Poor Clares, a member of the Order of Saint Clare.
   • 1883, Encyclopaedia Britannica, volume XVI, page 711:

     The Poor Clares... have also divided into Clarissines and Urbanists.

   • 1991, Thomas Head, “Clare of Assisi”, in An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers:

     Following Francis' example, Clare founded an order of religious women known as the Poor Ladies of Assisi (like Francis' Poor Men), and later as the Clarissas or Poor Clares in her honor.

• Clare, Clarissa, Clarisse, Clarissan, Clarissian, Clarist, Clarissine, Minoress, Poor Lady, Sister Minor, Sister Minoress

• nun, sister

• Urbanist, Clarisse, Clarist, Clarissine

• car pooler, car-pooler, carpooler, corporale, corporeal