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Gilbertine

British

/ ˈɡɪlbətaɪn, -tɪn /

noun

a member of a Christian order founded in approximately 1135 by St Gilbert of Sempringham, composed of nuns who followed the Cistercian rule and Augustinian canons who ministered to them. It was the only religious order of English origin and never spread to Europe

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adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to this order

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"Gilbertine Murray and Dorothy Camerden:"—his prospective bride and the woman I loved and whom he knew I loved, though I had kept my secret quite successfully from every one else!

From The Amethyst Box by Green, Anna Katherine

It would seem so, but why should the slighted one be Gilbertine?

From The Amethyst Box by Green, Anna Katherine

Among the Gilbertine nuns, whom we may mention as a typical order, there were three prioresses, one of whom presided, the other two acting as coadjutors.

From Women of England by James, Bartlett Burleigh

This stool might have served Gilbertine, if not Dorothy.

From Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories by Green, Anna Katharine

Gilbertine," I urged, for I saw her fingers closing upon the knob she had held lightly till now, "do not go till I have said this.

From Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories by Green, Anna Katharine

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