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Meanings of poor clares in English

Russian
клариссы
Portuguese
ordem segunda franciscana
Spanish
clarisas
Catalan
orde de santa clara

Catholic order of convent nuns.

Related terms
клариссы
Usage of poor clares in English
1
Neither Austrians nor Anversois willingly harmed the Poor Clares.
The Poor Clare
2
The Poor Clares have released a book of prayer to help people through modern day problems.
The Irish Times
3
It was the house of the Minoresses or Poor Clares, where the ladies were to remain.
The Herd Boy and His Hermit
4
There is room for just 12 Poor Clares.
The Guardian
5
Under his direction, she formed the famous order of Franciscan nuns, afterwards named from her the Poor Clares.
The Friendships of Women
6
Poor Clares, I think they're called.
The Thing from the Lake
7
One of the poor Clares perhaps!
The Christian: A Story
8
Her second husband was buried near her first, in the Convent of Poor Clares, at Camposey, near Ufford, in Suffolk.
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800
9
Wertenbaker starts from the fact that Galileo's two illegitimate daughters were committed to a Florentine convent of the Poor Clares.
The Guardian
10
'My convent-God ,forgiveme!-isnot like the Poor Clares.
The Herd Boy and His Hermit
11
Borne along once more by the motion of the crowd, we were carried into the chapel belonging to the Poor Clares.
The Poor Clare
12
We have thus been in convents of Ursulines, Poor Clares, Grey Sisters, and in some of those of the more strictly cloistered Orders.
The Days Before Yesterday
13
The Poor Clares in Galway said yesterday the website would help them to share an alternative perspective on life with the outside world.
The Irish Times
14
"Holy Mother!" exclaimed my landlord, "the Poor Clares!"
The Poor Clare
15
The Poor Clares in Galway recorded the track Calm the Soul in an attempt to help those struggling with the "everyday grind".
The Irish Times
16
"Did you hear about the Poor Clares?"
Priest