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Piarist
Pronunciation : Pi"a*rist
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. pius pious.] (R. C. Ch.)
Definition : Defn: One of a religious order who are the regular clerks of the Scuole Pie (religious schools), an institute of secondary education, founded at Rome in the last years of the 16th century. Addis & Arnold.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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