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Norbertine, n. and a. Eccl.|ˈnɔːbətɪn, -aɪn|
[f. Norbert, the founder of the order + -ine.]
A. n. A member of the Premonstratensian order.
1674Blount Glossogr., Norbertins, a Religious Order, otherwise called Præmonstratenses. 1727–38Chambers Cycl., Premonstrantes,..a religious order of regular canons instituted in 1120 by S. Norbert; and thence also called Norbertines. 1884Catholic Dict. (1897) 746/1 The habit of the Norbertines was white; hence they were commonly called in England the White Canons.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this order.
1865Chambers's Encycl. VII. 745/2 Premonstratensian (called also Norbertine) Order. c1880Archit. Soc. Dict. s.v., Norbertine monks were Premonstratensians. 1902Miss Speakman in Owens Coll. Hist. Ess. 73 The Norbertine house of Whithorn in Wigtonshire. |