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Vallombrosan, a. and n.|væləmˈbrəʊsən|
[f. Vallombrosa near Florence, Italy + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Vallombrosa; spec. designating a Benedictine congregation established there in the eleventh century by Giovanni Gualberto.
B. n. A monk of this congregation.
1851E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows i. xxix. 77 The Vallombrosan brooks were strewn as thick. 1884A. J. C. Hare Cities Central Italy I. xi. 297 The habit of the Vallombrosans was light grey, but the late monks wore a black cloak and a large hat when abroad. 1901M. Carmichael In Tuscany 141 They were succeeded in 1793 by monks of the Vallombrosan Congregation of Benedictines. 1922Joyce Ulysses 332 The monks of Benedict of Spoleto, Carthusians and Camaldolesi,..Oratorians and Vallombrosans. |