cluniac in English

adjective
1
of or relating to a reformed Benedictine monastic order founded at Cluny in eastern France in 910.
The Council passed reforming decrees in keeping with the Cluniac reform movement, including ones concerning simony and clerical marriage.
noun
1
a monk of the Cluniac order.
The Cluniacs or ‘black monks,’ whom Weber regarded as ‘the first professionals,’ restored the Rule of Saint Benedict in the tenth century.

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1. In 1098/1099 his Cluniac connections recommended him as Bishop of Coimbra.

2. The ruins of Castle Acre's Cluniac priory area one of the highlights of this section.

3. During the Carolingian epoch the custom grew up of granting these as regular heritable fiefs or benefices, and by the 10th century, before the great Cluniac reform, the system was firmly established

4. Examples of in a sentence During the Carolingian epoch the custom grew up of granting these as regular heritable fiefs or Benefices, and by the 10th century, before the great Cluniac reform, the system was firmly established.