Pre-mŏn'strant, n.

n. [Fr. prémontré, from Prémontré, from pré montré, O. Fr. pré monstré, Lat. pratum monstratum.] (Rom. Cath. Church.) One of a religious order founded at Prémontre in France, in 1120, and introduced into the United States in 1846. The members of the order, who are called also White Canons, have a house in Wisconsin, and are engaged in missionary labors.