English Explanatory Dictionary

Cluniac

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine order, founded in 910 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France.
adj
  1. Relating to a reformed Benedictine monastic order founded at Cluny in eastern France.

Word forms

Cluniac Cluniacs

Etymology

From Cluny + -ac.

Synonyms

Cluniacensian

Related words

Clunian
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