Premonstratensian

English Etymology From en la-med Praemonstrātēnsis pertaining to Prémontré, from the Latin form of Prémontré, the town in Île-de-France where the order was founded. Noun A member of a Roman Catholic order of canons regular, founded by St Norbert c. 1120 in the town of Prémontré, France. from 15th c. Translations member of the Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré Catalan: ca premonstratenc m, ca premonstratès m Dutch: nl premonstratenzer m French: fr prémontré m Galician: gl premonstratense m German: de Prämonstratenser m Hungarian: hu premontrei Italian: it premostratense Occitan: oc premonstrat m, oc premostrat m Portuguese: pt premonstratense m Spanish: es premostratense m Adjective Pertaining to the Premonstratensians. from 17th c. en 2024 Diarmaid MacCulloch Lower Than the Angels Penguin 2025 277 Premonstratensian double communities of monks and nuns ended up being separated, and most of the nunneries withered away for lack of resources or endowments to support even the most ascetic of lives. en Roman Catholicism