CASSINESE


Meaning of CASSINESE in English

|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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.