Brother of the Christian Schools

[ bruhth-er uhv thuh kris-chuhn skoolz ]

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noun

Roman Catholic Church.

a member of a congregation of brothers, founded in France in 1684 for the education of boys, especially those in poverty.
Also I·rish Chris·tian Broth·er []. a member of a congregation of teaching brothers, founded in Ireland in 1802.

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I owe this unexpected good fortune to a Brother of the Christian Schools, to Brother Judulien, of the La Salle College at Buenos Aires.

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We found Rose quiet, hopeful, talking of her approaching discharge—in three weeks at most,—and so free from all thought of death that she told us of a furious love scene that took place yesterday between a woman in the bed next hers and a brother of the Christian schools, who was there again to-day.

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As the priest stepped forward he saw Vincent, whom a Brother of the Christian Schools was clutching tightly by the ear.

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brotherly brother's keeper, Am I my

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