A monk of the Order of St Benedict, a Benedictine; (also) a Black or Augustinian Canon. Cf. black canon n. at black, adj. n.compounds 1e(a).
One of the order of monks, also known, from the colour of their dress, as ‘Black Monks,’ founded by St. Benedict about the year 529.
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