PREMONSTRATENSIAN


Meaning of PREMONSTRATENSIAN in English

adj. & n. hist.

adj. of or relating to an order of regular canons founded at Prémontré in France in 1120, or of the corresponding order of nuns.

n. a member of either of these orders.

[ med.L Praemonstratensis f. Praemonstratus the abbey of Prémontré (lit. = foreshown) ]

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