Cluniac

adjective

Clu·​ni·​ac ˈklü-nē-ˌak 

: of or relating to the monastery of Cluny in France and the reforms to Benedictine monastic life begun there in the tenth century

Cluniac noun

plural Cluniacs

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Medieval Latin Cluniacus cluny

Note: Cluniacus is properly the place-name, from which the derived adjective in Latin is Cluniacensis. Cluniacensian has occasionally been used in English.

First Known Use

1566, in the meaning defined above