- Paulist⇄adj. of or belonging to the Congregation of the Missionary Priests of Saint Paul the Apostle.
Ex. a Paulist priest. The Paulist Fathers [were] the first religious society of Catholic priests to be founded in the United States (New York Times). - Paulist⇄noun 1. a member of the Congregation of the Missionary Priests of Saint Paul the Apostle, a Roman Catholic society of priests founded at New York in 1858.
Ex. The Paulists preach missions, especially to non-Catholics (Fulton J. Sheen).
2. (O - Paulist⇄Paulist, noun, adjective.