Benedictine - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Pertaining to the monks of St Benedict or St Benet...
Blackfriar
A friar of the Dominican order so named becaise wearing wearing the black mantle of the Dominicans called also predicant and preaching friar in France Jacobin Also sometimes a Benedictine...
Black monk
A Benedictine monk...
Cistercian
A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order established in 1098 at Cicircteaux in France by Robert abbot of Molesme For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St Benedict in all its rigor...
Cluniac
A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine Order founded in 912 at Cluny or Clugny in France Also used as a...
Maurist
A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur an offshoot of the Benedictines originating in France in the early part of the seventeenth century The Maurists have been distinguished for their interest in literature...
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