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Cluniacs

Cluniacs is the plural of Cluniac.

Meaning of Cluniac

Noun

Cluniac (plural Cluniacs)

  1. (historical) A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine order, founded in 910 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France.
    • […] maximism of the Cluniacs on the one hand and the minimism of puritanic Cistercianism on the other.1918, Edmund Bishop, Liturgica Historica, page 229
    Synonyms:
    Cluniacensian

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Questions about Cluniacs

What is Cluniacs the plural of?
Cluniacs is the plural of Cluniac.

Words near Cluniacs in the dictionary

  1. clungest
  2. Clungunford
  3. Cluniac
  4. Cluniacensian
  5. Cluniacensians
  6. Cluniacs
  7. clunial
  8. Clunie Water
  9. clunk
  10. clunked
  11. clunker

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