Definition of Order of Saint Benedict

1. Noun. A Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century; noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activities.

Exact synonyms: Benedictine Order
Generic synonyms: Monastic Order, Order
Member holonyms: Benedictine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Of Saint Benedict

order Urticales
order Ustilaginales
order Volvocales
order Xiphosura
order Xyridales
order Zeomorphi
order Zygnemales
order Zygnematales
order arms
order book
order code
order form
order in council
order mantophasmatodea
order oedogoniales
order of Saint Benedict (current term)
order of business
order of knighthood
order of magnitude
order of operations
order of payment
order of precedence
order of succession
order of the day
order out
order paper
order tree
order trees
orderable
ordered

Literary usage of Order of Saint Benedict

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Portugal possesses several orders of consequence, sonic o£ them being of great antiquity. The Military order of Saint Benedict of Aviz was founded in 1158 ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... classical works of every kind; and the world is indebted for the preservation of great literary treasures to the order of Saint Benedict. Bibliography. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1904)
"Portugal possesses several orders t of consequence, some of them being of great antiquity. The Military order of Saint Benedict of Aviz was founded in 1158 ..."

4. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles (1854)
"... priors, and monks of the order of Saint Benedict, in the province of Canterbury, did not observe the statutes published for the reformation of that ..."

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