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/ˈɔrdər əv seɪnt bˈɛnədˌɪkt/ Listen

Order of Saint Benedict

noun

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

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... 1145. Subsequent charters show that the abbey of Rozel was in possession, in the thirteenth century, of a sort of patriarchate over all the institutions of the order of Saint Benedict that were then in existence in the province of Normandy. A general chapter of the order was held there every year, presided over by the Abbot of Rozel, and at which some ten or a dozen other convents were represented by their highest ...

— Led Astray and The Sphinx - Two Novellas In One Volume • Octave Feuillet

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Words linked to "Order of Saint Benedict" : monastic order, order, benedictine, Benedictine order