noun cluny a town in E central France: reformed Benedictine order founded here in 910; important religious and cultural centre in the Middle Ages. Pop: 4835 (2006) 3
noun cluny town in EC France: site of a Benedictine monastery (910-1790): pop. 5,000 3
noun cluny a town in E France, N of Lyons: ruins of a Benedictine abbey. 1
