Premonstratensian

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Premonstratensis (“pertaining to Prémontré”), from the Latin form of Prémontré, the town in Île-de-France where the order was founded.

Noun

Premonstratensian (plural Premonstratensians)

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: premonstratenc m, premonstratès m
Dutch: premonstratenzer (nl) m
French: prémontré (fr) m
Galician: premonstratense m
German: Prämonstratenser (de) m
Hungarian: premontrei (hu)
Italian: premostratense (it)
Occitan: premonstrat m, premostrat m
Portuguese: premonstratense m
Spanish: premostratense m

Adjective

Premonstratensian (comparative more Premonstratensian, superlative most Premonstratensian)

Pertaining to the Premonstratensians. [from 17th c.]
- 2024, Diarmaid MacCulloch, Lower Than the Angels, Penguin, published 2025, page 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.