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Webster 1913 Edition


Cluniac

Clu′ni-ac

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Noun.
(Eccl. Hist.)
A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine Order, founded in 912 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France. – Also used as
Adj.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cluniac

CLUNIAC

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Noun.
One of a reformed order of Benedictine monks, so called from Cluni in Burgundy.

Definition 2024


Cluniac

Cluniac

English

Noun

Cluniac (plural Cluniacs)

  1. (historical) A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine order, founded in 912 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France.

Related terms

  • Clunian