Cluny

[ kloo-nee; French kly-nee ]

/ ˈklu ni; French klüˈni /

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noun

a town in E France, N of Lyons: ruins of a Benedictine abbey.

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Words nearby Cluny

Cluniac, clunk, clunker, clunkhead, clunky, Cluny, Cluny lace, clupeid, clupeoid, Clurman, Clusium

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How to use Cluny in a sentence

Have you ever been to the Musee Cluny to see the Lady with the Unicorn tapestries?
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Now, since the card question everything I said or did had the power of annoying Cluny.
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“Say nae mair, say nae mair,” said Cluny, and pointed me to a bed of heather in a corner of the Cage.
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Certainly it was a mortifying matter for all concerned, and not least for Cluny; the more credit that he took it as he did.
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Prudhon was ten years younger than David, and was born at Cluny, the tenth child of a poor stone cutter.
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His marriage, on 17th February 1778, with the daughter of the notary of Cluny, became the torment of his life.
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British Dictionary definitions for Cluny

Cluny

/ (ˈkluːnɪ, French klyni) /

noun

a town in E central France: reformed Benedictine order founded here in 910; important religious and cultural centre in the Middle Ages. Pop: 4376 (1999)

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