Bridgettine

Meanings

Noun

• A member of the Order of the Most Holy Savior, an Augustinian monastic order of nuns, religious sisters and monks founded by Saint Bridget of Sweden a.k.a. Saint Birgitta in 1344, and approved by Pope Urban V in 1370.

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to this order, its teachings or its members.

Related

Similar words

• Birgittine

Origin

• < Bridget of Sweden, a Swedish mystic and saint of 14th century, founder of the Bridgettine nuns and monks and one of the six patron saints of Europe.