Cluniac

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Cluniac

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From Cluny + -ac.

noun Cluniacs

historical A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine order, founded in 910 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France. […] maximism of the Cluniacs on the one hand and the minimism of puritanic Cistercianism on the other.
Similar: Cluniacensian

adjective

Relating to a reformed Benedictine monastic order founded at Cluny in eastern France. In the same year as the Furness objection, sadder tidings befell St Pancras Priory at Lewes, in East Sussex. Despite it having the distinction of being the earliest Cluniac monastery in Great Britain, petitions to prevent the Brighton Lewes & Hastings Railway from imposing on its site with its Lewes

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noun Cluniac (monk)

Português	cluniacense
Deutsch	Cluniazenser, Kluniazenser

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@misc{cluniac_2026,
  title = {Cluniac},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cluniac},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}