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- noun Plural form of
Cluniac .
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The Cluniacs, already (1033) strong in Catalonia, Castile, and Aragon, reinforced French influence and stimulated clerical reform and the Reconquest.
2. Castile 2001
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[1] Especially the Cluniacs, founded by Berno, Abbot of Clugny, A.D.
A Key to the Knowledge of Church History (Ancient) John Henry Blunt
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Cluniacs and Cistercians, branches of the Benedictines, are represented in
English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee
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Caerleon, and Llantarnam; Cluniacs at Malpas; Premonstratensians at
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Both the Cluniacs and Benedictines, he says, put the books in charge of the precentor, and often also styled armarius, and there is to be an annual audit and registration similar to that just described.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Known also as the Isidorean, or Spanish, Rite, the former was abolished in Aragón in 1071, through the exertions of the Cluniacs and the queen, who was
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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But notwithstanding the extent of this departure from Benedictine tradition, the Cluniacs were never considered to have seceded from the main Benedictine body or to have instituted a new order.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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During the millenarian tenth century, the era of the Cluniacs and mysticism make the biographies of the saints subjective.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Besides the Benedictines with their various modifications and offshoots, i.e. the Cluniacs, Cistercians, Trappists etc., the best known orders of monks are the Carthusians, the Premonstratensians, and the Camaldolese.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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About the same time the Cluniacs were replaced by Cassinese monks.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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