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Meanings of order of Saint Benedict in English

A Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century; noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activities.

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Examples for "Benedictine order"
Examples for "Benedictine order"
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We have no existing examples of the earlier monasteries of the Benedictine order.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
2
My granddaughter has taken that of Sister Bathilde; she is of the Benedictine order.
Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. and of the Regency — Volume 0...
3
The regular clergy, or monks, during the early Middle Ages belonged to the Benedictine order.
Early European History
4
Benedict founded the Benedictine order in Subiaco, near Rome.
Radio NZ
5
The Benedictine order first established a community of Irish nuns in Ypres in the 17th century.
The Irish Times