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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"
        1
        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