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Bernardine

American  
[bur-ner-din, -deen] / ˈbɜr nər dɪn, -ˌdin /

adjective

  1. of or relating to St. Bernard of Clairvaux.

  2. of or relating to the Cistercians.


noun

  1. a Cistercian.

  2. Also Bernadine a first name.

Bernardine British  
/ -ˌdiːn, ˈbɜːnədɪn /

noun

  1. a monk of one of the reformed and stricter branches of the Cistercian order

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

    1. of or relating to this branch of the Cistercians

    2. of or relating to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Dohrn was his mother’s name, and she, Bernardine Dohrn, was a fellow member of the Weather Underground, as well as the fourth woman to appear on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

His wife, Bernardine, who was Murray’s high school prom date and the daughter of his childhood pastor, died in 2013.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 6, 2024

Henry, the posh-and-prim royal heir is fittingly reading a work of fiction by British author Bernardine Evaristo.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2023

The university will honour 11 other notable public figures with links to the city during summer graduation ceremonies, including Olympic gold medallist hockey player Hollie Pearne-Webb and author Bernardine Evaristo.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2023

For certainly the place, as left by St. Bernardine, would have been approved of by the first franciscans as a dwelling-place, but those of later years can only tell us of its discomforts.

From The Story of Assisi by Gordon, Lina Duff

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