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Marist definition

Mar·ist (marist, mer-)

adjective

of or dedicated to the Virgin Mary; esp., of any of several such educational and missionary societies founded in the 19th cent.

Etymology: Fr Mariste < Marie, Mary

noun

a member of a Marist society

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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