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Benedictine order   /bˌɛnədˈɪktin ˈɔrdər/   Listen
Benedictine order

noun
1.
A Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century; noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activities.  Synonym: order of Saint Benedict.






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"Benedictine order" Quotes from Famous Books



... that were I disposed to claim more than the right to tread the Catholic pavement of that noble building, and breathe its air of ancient consecration, another might step in with a prior claim. For successive generations there has existed ever, in the Benedictine order, an Abbot of Westminster, the representative in religious dignity of those who erected and beautified and governed that church and cloister. Have they ever been disturbed by this titular? Have they heard of any claim or protest on his ...
— Pius IX. And His Time • The Rev. AEneas MacDonell



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