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- noun A member of any of various mediaeval congregations of
hermits named after St. Jerome.
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Examples
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The first decisive measure of the Bishop was to recall the Jeronymite fathers from their mission in the Indies, of which he had from the outset been the determined opponent.
Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings Francis Augustus MacNutt
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From the 1940s to the 1960s, many a socialite's cocktail dress was actually the silhouette of a Spanish goatherd or a Jeronymite nun, ineffably transmuted.
Between Heaven and Earth Laura Jacobs 2012
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No sooner had the Jeronymite monks arrived in Madrid than the agents of the colonists, and all those who were interested in maintaining the encomiendas and repartimientos, whose suppression meant the diminution of their incomes, laid instant siege to them.
Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings Francis Augustus MacNutt
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The Jeronymite fathers had arranged for the sale of the royal haciendas in Hispaniola, and Las Casas, ever on the alert to secure advantages for his colonists, presented a petition asking that they should be maintained for one year at the royal expense.
Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings Francis Augustus MacNutt
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Italian painters, does not seem to have shared the general enthusiasm: he gave Morales but one commission, for the "Christ going up to Calvary", which he presented to the Jeronymite church at
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Here resided a community of Jeronymite monks, in whose monastery he proposed to pass the remainder of his days.
Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII Charles Morris 1877
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The church of this conventual palace (for two hundred Jeronymite monks reside there) is in the form of a Grecian cross surmounted with a dome, to which all the arts have contributed magnificence.
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