Cluniac
Britishadjective
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The Cluniac movement eventually drew in other clergy who wanted the church to control the election of bishops, independent of secular influence.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Other monasteries around France flocked to be included in the rights and privileges that Cluny had earned, creating a movement called the Cluniac reform.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The great reformer Odo of Cluny went to Rome on a diplomatic mission, and there soon began the line of Cluniac Popes who rebuilt the entire church.
From Time Magazine Archive
The properties in question were enumerated in the minutest manner, and the list included all the rights of the priory over the Cluniac cell of Castleacre.
From The King's Achievement by Benson, Robert Hugh
A Cluniac priory founded here shortly after the Conquest has left no remains.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
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