benedictine order

1. 1.

   a Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century; noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activities

   Synonymsorder of Saint Benedict

   Broaderorder

Questions about benedictine order

What does benedictine order mean?

benedictine order means "a Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century; noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activities".

What is another word for benedictine order?

Close synonyms include order of Saint Benedict. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is benedictine order a common word?

benedictine order is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.