clarist

Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare, sometimes particularly one who follows or advocates the original precepts established by St Clare.

His wife desired to enter a convent of Clarists.

Synonym of Clarissan: of or related to the Order of Saint Clare.

Soon after I arrived in Kerala, during a period when I was making frequent visits to Alphonsa's shrine in Bharananganam, a few of the Clarist nuns decided that I should take a trip up into the nearby mountain range to meet a gentleman they thought would be of great help to me in my research.