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1. (n.) Cistercian
a member of a Benedictine order of monks and nuns founded in 1098 in France.
2. (adj.) Cistercian
of or pertaining to the Cistercians.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < ML Cisterciānus= L Cisterci(um) place name (now Cîteaux) +-ānus -an1)
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1. (noun) Trappist, Cistercian
member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence
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1. (adj) Cistercian
of or pertaining to the Cistercians
2. (noun) Cistercian
a monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Citeaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor
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