Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of the Society of Mary, a congregation of Roman Catholic missionary priests founded in 1836.
- noun A member of the Little Brothers of Mary, a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in 1817.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of a Roman Catholic congregation devoted to the management of schools, instruction in industry and agriculture, etc.
- Pertaining or relating to the Virgin Mary; devoted to the service of the Virgin: as, Marist monks.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A member of any of several
Roman Catholic organizations named after theVirgin Mary - adjective Of or pertaining to these organizations or their members
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Marist is crashing the power-packed Dayton Regional.
USATODAY.com - Women's Basketball - Marist vs. Middle Tennessee 2006
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Take for example Fiji’s closest neighbour and Bainairama’s closest friend since his days in Marist College, the Prime Minister of Tonga Feleti Sevele.
Global Voices in English » Fiji faces suspension from Pacific Islands Forum 2009
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Hall chipped in 12 for Marist, which is 11-3 all-time in MAAC openers.
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"extreme and outrageous conduct" and violated the American with Disabilities Act. The problems started last November when Lyons apparently called Marist assistant coach
SPORTSbyBROOKS 2009
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Ranson, who has skipped from the high school ranks to running his own AAU team in his native Baltimore to coaching at schools such as Marist, James Madison and – this past season – at Xavier, will assume Driesell’s role as the program’s recruiting coordinator.
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Sixty-one percent of people questioned in a Marist survey released Tuesday say Palin's resignation was a bad political move, while 15 percent feel it helps whatever political aspirations last year's Republican vice presidential nominee may have in the future.
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CNN reports that the most recent Marist poll (conducted August 3-6, 2009) indicates that most Americans do not think that Palin's decision to step down as Governor of Alaska was a smart political move.
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The Marist survey is the latest national poll that suggests Pawlenty is in the low single digits when it comes to support.
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A Marist Poll, for instance, found that 64% of New York voters support preserving New York's millionaire's tax, which hits residents of the state who earn $500,000 or more a year.
The Battle Over The Millionaire's Tax Robert Frank 2011
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The Marist poll was conducted August 3-6, with 938 U.S. residents questioned by telephone.
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