Pre|mon|stra|ten|sian

Pre|mon|stra|ten|sian
Pre|mon|stra|ten|sian «pree MON struh TEHN shuhn», adjective, noun.
–adj.
of or having to do with a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Saint Norbert at Prémontré, near Laon, France, in 1120.
–n.
a member of the Premonstratensian order; white canon.
[< Medieval Latin Premonstratensis (< Prémontré, a city in France) + English -ian]

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