The Collaborative International Dictionary
Recollect \Rec"ol*lect\ (r[e^]k"[o^]l*l[e^]kt), n. [See
Recollet.] (Eccl.)
A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans.
[Written also Recollet.]
--Addis & Arnold.
Recollet \Rec"ol*let\ (r?k"?l*l?t; F. r?`k?`l?"), n. [F. r['e]collet, fr. L. recollectus, p. p. of recolligere to gather again, to gather up; NL., to collect one's self, esp. for religious contemplation.] (Eccl.) Same as Recollect, n.
Usage examples of "recollet".
However heterodox in doctrine, he was still wedded to the observances of the Church, and practised them, under the ministration of the Recollets, with an assiduity that made full amends to his conscience for the vivacity with which he opposed the rest of the clergy.
The dignitaries of the colony were present, with priests, Jesuits, Recollets, officers, and the Christian chiefs of the Saut and the Mountain.
It was in vain that I reminded him of the fact that, in the time of Saint-Francis, there were neither Capuchins nor Recollets.
Then there were Portage de la Roche Fendue, Portage des Chenes, Portage des Perches, Portage Talon, and Portage des Recollets, named in memory of experiences of men whom the voyageurs wished to recall or to honor, just as the French give to their streets such names as "Rue des Fleurs," "Boulevard des Capucines.