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from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or relating to the Premonstrants: as, the Premonstratensian order.
- noun Same as
Premonstrant .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (R. C. Ch.) One of a religious order of regular canons founded by St. Norbert at Prémontré, in France, in 1119. The members of the order are called also White Canons, Norbertines, and Premonstrants.
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The premonstratensian Canons also are in different places in South America.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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