Premonstratensian

/ ˌpriːˌmɒnstrəˈtɛnsɪən /

noun

1. 1. a member of a religious order founded at Prémontré in N France in 1120 by St Norbert (about 1080–1134)
   2. ( as modifier )

      a Premonstratensian canon

Word History and Origins

Origin of Premonstratensian¹

C17: from Medieval Latin ( locus ) praemonstrātus the place foreshown, because it was said to have been prophetically pointed out by St Norbert

Example Sentences

Participants searched for artefacts and information about the Premonstratensian abbey, which was founded on the site in 1182 with the current ruined buildings dating from 1363.

From BBC

When he disobeyed he was summoned before Bishop Conrad, who examined him for three days and sentenced him to return to his Premonstratensian monastery, and ordered the nuns to elect another provost.

From Project Gutenberg

Ingenuity was taxed to frame new and severer rules, such as the Premonstratensian, the Carthusian, the Cistercian, which should repel all but the most ardent souls in search of ascetic self-mortification, but as each order grew in repute for holiness, the liberality of the faithful showered wealth upon it, and with wealth came corruption.

From Project Gutenberg

In vain the bishop gave twelve assistants to the lonely priest of St. Michael’s in Antwerp; it was not until 1126, when St. Norbert, the ardent ascetic who founded the Premonstratensian order, was placed in charge of the city with his followers, and undertook to evangelize it with his burning eloquence, that the people could be brought back to the faith.

From Project Gutenberg

The special constitutions of the order were largely taken from those of the Premonstratensian canons and of the Cistercians.

From Project Gutenberg