Premonstratensian


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Premonstratensian /ˌpriːmɒnstrəˈtɛnsɪən/
noun a monk or nun of an order founded at Prémontré in France in 1120. adjective relating to this order.
– origin from med. L. Praemonstratensis, from Praemonstratus (lit. ‘foreshown’), the L. name of the abbey of Prémontré, so named because the site was prophetically pointed out by the order's founder, St Norbert.
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