canons regular
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of canons regular
Middle English term dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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It was for canons regular of the order of St. Augustine.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 577, July 7, 1827 by Various
This monastery was restored in the reign of Robert Bruce, and became a cell of the abbey of canons regular at Inchaffray.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
On the dispersion of the Jesuits the Bollandists were authorized to continue their work, and remained at Antwerp until 1778, when they were transferred to Brussels, to the monastery of canons regular of Coudenberg.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
They ruined the orders who were permitted to hold worldly possessions, namely, monks, canons regular, nuns, and Brethren of the Cross, etc .
From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Thebaud, Augustus J.
At the age of eight he entered along with his widowed father the neighbouring priory of canons regular at Villard-Beno�t, where he was ordained deacon at nineteen.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
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