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Cluniac

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Cluniac [ˈkluːnɪˌæk]
adj
(Placename) (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) of or relating to a reformed Benedictine order founded at the French town of Cluny in 910
Translations
Cluniac [ˈkluːnɪæk]
A. ADJcluniacense
B. Ncluniacense m


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Paisley Abbey was founded as a Cluniac priory in 1163, and became an abbey in 1245.
He also discusses the usually polemical motivations of patrons, such as Ketton's, the Cluniac Peter the Venerable.
Built for the Cluniac order of monks, at 350ft it was possibly the longest church of its day according to Julie Pinnell's Wenlock Priory guide book for English Heritage.
 
 
 
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