Cluniac

/ ˈkluːnɪˌæk /

adjective

1. of or relating to a reformed Benedictine order founded at the French town of Cluny in 910

Example Sentences

Early observers noted that the signals ‘would have been sufficient if they lost the use of their tongues’ and Cluniac sign language, as it came to be known, had an enormous influence on monastic life throughout Europe.

From Time

A Place in the Countryby W. G. Sebald Apart from a single farmstead, there is now only one dwelling on the Île Saint Pierre – an island with a circumference of some two miles – and that is a former Cluniac monastery which now houses a hotel and restaurant run by Blausee AG.

From The Guardian

In Cistercian and Cluniac houses the superior was supposed to dine in the frater and to sleep in the dorter with the other nuns, and even in Benedictine houses it was considered desirable that she should do so.

From Project Gutenberg

At Moxby, the other Cluniac house in the diocese, Archbishop Greenfield ordered the Prioress to receive back Sabina de Apelgarth, who had apostatised, but was returning in a state of penitence.

From Project Gutenberg

It is unlikely, however, that Betsone actually invented any of the signs, for similar lists are to be found in the early consuetudinaries of Cluniac houses and other sources.

From Project Gutenberg