|kas ə n|ēz, -ēs adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Italian, from Monte Cassino, Italy, site of the monastery from which the Benedictine rule spread + Italian -ese
1. : of or relating to a congregation of Benedictine monasteries organized in the 15th century to promote the primitive observance of the Benedictine rule
2. : of or relating to the American Cassinese congregation established in 1855 and including a majority of the Benedictine abbeys in the United States