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Pas⋅sion⋅ist

  [pash-uh-nist]
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–noun Roman Catholic Church.
a member of the “Congregation of Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ,” founded in 1720 and engaged chiefly in missionary work.
Origin:
1840–50; < It passionista. See passion, -ist
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Pas·sion·ist   (pāsh'ə-nĭst)   
n.  A member of a Roman Catholic religious order founded in Italy in 1720 by Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775) and dedicated to promoting devotion to the Passion of Christ chiefly by missionary work.
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