Pre*mon`stra*ten"sian (?), n. [F.prémontré, fr. Prémontré, fr. L. pratum monstratum.] R. C. Ch.

One of a religious order of regular canons founded by St. Norbert at Prémontré, in France, in 1119. The members of the order are called also White Canons, Norbertines, and Premonstrants.

 

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