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⛪ A Catholic member 🏫 Related to the order
Assumptionist

Assumptionist

9.9
A member of a group of Catholic priests and brothers who work in schools and missions
  • noun
  • /əˈsʌmpʃənɪst/
translation icon : asuncionista
  • Being able to call on both European and Arab personnel made this institution better suited to represent Palestine Catholicism than the religious orders, of whom the Salesians and Franciscans were supported by the Italians and the Assumptionists, Dominicans, and White Fathers by the French.

Examples

  • The Assumptionist community provides education to students in the region.

  • As an Assumptionist, she dedicated her life to missionary work in underserved areas.

  • Each summer, the Assumptionist priests organize a retreat for the youth in their parish.

Surface Forms

Assumptionist singular
Assumptionists plural

Morphology

Assumptionist = Assumption (transparent) = Assumption + ist

The member designation is a straightforward agent/in-group formation from the order/name 'Assumption' using the productive suffix '-ist'.

Etymology

Assumptionist comes from Assumption (the Christian belief that Mary was 'taken up' into heaven) plus the ending -ist, like in artist or pianist, meaning 'a person who does or belongs'. So an Assumptionist is a member of the religious order named for that belief, often devoted to education and missionary work.