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Order of Saint Benedict   /ˈɔrdər əv seɪnt bˈɛnədˌɪkt/   Listen
Order of Saint Benedict

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






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"Order of saint benedict" Quotes from Famous Books



... convent of monks standing in England, except those of Glastenbury and Abingdon, which was their state in the days of king Alfred, as Leland observes. St. Dunstan, St. Oswald, and St. Ethelwold, restored the monasteries, and propagated exceedingly the monastic state. St. Oswald had professed the order of Saint Benedict in France, in the monastery of Fleury; and, together with the aforesaid two bishops, he established the same in a great measure in England. St. Dunstan published a uniform rule for the monasteries of this nation, entitled, Regularis Concordiae Anglicae Nationis, extant in Reyner, and Spelman, ...
— The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints - January, February, March • Alban Butler

... thus addressed me: "You have doubtless heard of Feijoo, the celebrated philosophic monk of the order of Saint Benedict, whose writings have so much tended to remove the popular fallacies and superstitions so long cherished in Spain; he is buried in one of our convents, where he passed a considerable portion of his life. Come with me and I will show you his portrait. Carlos Tercero, our great king, sent his own ...
— The Bible in Spain • George Borrow

... 1145. Subsequent charters show that the abbey of Rozel was in possession, in the thirteenth century, of a sort of patriarchate over all the institutions of the order of Saint Benedict that were then in existence in the province of Normandy. A general chapter of the order was held there every year, presided over by the Abbot of Rozel, and at which some ten or a dozen other convents were represented by their highest ...
— Led Astray and The Sphinx - Two Novellas In One Volume • Octave Feuillet



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