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.
2
My granddaughter has taken that of Sister Bathilde; she is of the Benedictine order.
3
The regular clergy, or monks, during the early Middle Ages belonged to the Benedictine order.
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Benedict founded the Benedictine order in Subiaco, near Rome.
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The Benedictine order first established a community of Irish nuns in Ypres in the 17th century.