gilbertine

gilbertine means of or pertaining to this order. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Etymology

From Gilbert + -ine. Named after Gilbert of Sempringham (c. 1085 – 1189), who founded the order.

adj

Of or pertaining to this order.

noun

A member of the Gilbertine Order, an English religious order founded around 1130 in Sempringham, Lincolnshire.

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