Cluny

[kloo-nee, kly-nee]

noun

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

Cluny

/ ˈkluːnɪ, klyni /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

Nicola said the family were initially delighted when Janette got a place at the home, near Cluny, in February 2024.

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The 12th century “Stavelot Retable,” loaned by Paris’ Cluny Museum, shows the Christian Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the 12 apostles, courtesy of beams of light radiating from above.

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“Elaine doesn’t have a publicist or a gatekeeper of any kind,” says Courogen over lunch at Cafe Cluny near her apartment in Manhattan’s West Village.

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Cluny Brown is not cunning or crafty; she doesn’t even think of herself as a rebel.

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The orphaned 20-year-old niece of a London plumber, Cluny is guileless, openhearted and supremely self-confident.

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