Look up: Premonstratensian

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   Premonstratensian
   Roman Catholic monastic order founded in 1120 by St Norbert (c. 1080-1134), a German bishop, at Prémontré, northern France. Members were known as White Canons. The rule was a stricter version of...
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   Premonstratensian
   Pre·mon`stra·ten'sian noun [ French prémontré , from Prémontré , from Latin pratum monstratum .] (R. C. Ch.) One of a religious order of regular canons founded by St. Norbert at Prémontré, in France, in 1119. The members of the order are called also White Canons , Norbertines , and Premonstrants .
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   premonstratensian
   One of a religious order of regular canons founded by St. Norbert at Premontre, in France, in 1119. The members of the order are called also White Canons, Norbertines, and Premonstrants. ... Origin: F.premontre, fr. Premontre, fr. L. Pratum monstratum. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   Premonstratensian
   thumb The `Norbertines`, also known as the `Premonstratensians` (OPraem) and in England, as the `White Canons` (from the colour of their habit), are a Christian religious order of Augustinian canons founded at Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Saint Norbert, afterwards archbishop of Magdeburg. Premonstratensians are designated by `O Praem` following their name. St. Norbert had made various efforts to introduce a strict form of canonical life in var...
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   Premonstratensian
   • (n.) One of a religious order of regular canons founded by St. Norbert at Premontre, in France, in 1119. The members of the order are called also White Canons, Norbertines, and Premonstrants.
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   Premonstratensian
   a Roman Catholic religious order founded in 1120 by St. Norbert of Xanten, who, with 13 companions, established a monastery at Prémontré, Fr. The ... [4 related articles]
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