Premonstrant, n. and a. Eccl. Hist.
(priːˈmɒnstrənt)
[In form pres. pple. of OF. premonstrer to foreshow: used to represent med.L. Premonstratensis.]
A. n. = Premonstratensian n.
| 1700 Tyrrell Hist. Eng. II. 853 The Orders of the Cistercians and Præmonstrants. 1747 Gentl. Mag. 570/2 Abbeys of Benedictins, Cistercians, regular Canons, and Premonstrants, to which the king nominates. |
B. adj. = Premonstratensian a.
| 1895 E. Marg. Thompson Hist. Somerset Carthusians 71 He had been Abbot of the Præmonstrant Abbey of Dryburgh. 1896 L. Eckenstein Woman under Monast. 195 There were also two settlements of Premonstrant nuns in England. |