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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A town of east-central France north-northwest of Lyon. Its abbey, the center of an influential religious order, was founded in 910.
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Examples
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The Cluny is my favorite museum ... they host Medieval music there in the evenings.
What to Do in Paris / Que faire a Paris? - French Word-A-Day 2009
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Cafe Cluny is on a rather unassuming corner of West 12th.
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Cafe Cluny is on a rather unassuming corner of West 12th.
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Cafe Cluny is on a rather unassuming corner of West 12th.
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Two days before the day fixed for the council he called Cluny
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The Cluny is my favorite museum...they host Medieval music there in the evenings.
What to Do in Paris / Que faire a Paris? - French Word-A-Day 2009
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The administration of the order was carried on somewhat after the pattern of Cluny, that is all monasteries were subject to the Abbey of the Holy Ghost at Sulmona, and these dependent houses were divided into provinces.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement] 1840-1916 1913
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Let us think of the great monasteries, such as Cluny, Saint Gall, etc.
The Richness of Benedictine Liturgy Argent 2006
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Within the cobbled courtyard of the 500-year-old Hôtel des Abbés de Cluny, which houses the museum, the clash of steel against steel resounds in demonstrations of medieval swordsmanship.
The Sword's Timeless Appeal Lennox Morrison 2011
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Albion Europe The Albion Museum Line Cluny Sword Perched in a tower, with sunlight dappling the leaded diamond-pane windows of his office, Michel Huynh, curator for the show, says: The Middle Ages are with us now.
The Sword's Timeless Appeal Lennox Morrison 2011
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