Cistercian

Cis·ter·cian (s

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A member of a contemplative monastic order founded by reformist Benedictines in France in 1098.

[French Cistertien, from Medieval Latin Cistercium, Cîteaux, a village of eastern France, site of an abbey.]

Cis·tercian adj.

Cistercian [sɪˈstɜːʃən]

(Christianity / Roman Catholic Church)

a. a member of a Christian order of monks and nuns founded in 1098, which follows an especially strict form of the Benedictine rule Also called White Monk

b. (as modifier) a Cistercian monk

[from French Cistercien, from Medieval Latin Cisterciānus, from Cistercium (modern Cîteaux), original home of the order]

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Noun

Cistercian - member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence

Trappist

monastic, monk - a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

Translations

Cistercian [sɪsˈtɜːʃən]

A. ADJ → cisterciense
Cistercian Order → Orden f del Císter

B. N → cisterciense m

Cistercian

n → Zisterzienser m

adj → Zisterzienser-

Cistercian [sɪˈstɜːʃən] adj & n → cistercense (m)

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Bernard of Clairvaux Bernardine Catholicism Dom Fountains Abbey Gilbertine La Trappe Malachy Melrose Abbey monastic Monk Monks and Nuns Port-royalist Rievaulx Abbey Trappist	It had been a Cistercian Convent in old days, when the Smithfield, which is contiguous to it, was a tournament ground. Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context He was obviously an ecclesiastic of high rank; his dress was that of a Cistercian Monk, but composed of materials much finer than those which the rule of that order admitted. Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context They had rambled round by a road which led to the well-known ruins of the Cistercian abbey behind the mill, the latter having, in centuries past, been attached to the monastic establishment. Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context	Cirsotomy CIS cis- cis-trans test cisalpine Cisalpine Gaul cisatlantic CISC Ciscaucasia cisco Ciselure Ciskei Cisleithan cislunar cismontane cispadane cisplatin cissing cissoid cissus cissy cist Cistaceae cistaceous Cisted Cistercian Cistercianism cistern cisterna Cistic Cistothorus Cistothorus palustris Cistothorus platensis cistron cistus Cistus albidus Cistus ladanifer Cistus ladanum CIT cit. citable citadel Cital citalopram citation citation form Citator Citatory cite Citellus Citellus citellus	Cissoid of Diocles CISSP CISSP CISSRS CISSS CISST Cissus Cissus Cissus quadrangularis cissuses cissuses cissy Cissy (disambiguation) Cissy Chandler cissyish cist cist cist Cista Cista Cista mystica Cistaceae Cistaceae cistaceous CISTCP CISTEC Cisted Cisted Cister Cister Cistercian Cistercian Monastery Cistercian monk Cistercian monks Cistercian Order Cistercian rule Cistercian Sisters Cistercianism Cistercians Cistercians Cistercians Cistercians in the British Isles Cistercians of the Common Observance Cistercians of the Immaculate Conception Cisterian cistern cistern cistern cistern cistern barometer cistern head cisterna cisterna cisterna cerebellomedullaris posterior cisterna cerebellomedullaris posterior cisterna cerebellomedullaris, cisterna magna cisterna cerebellomedullaris, cisterna magna Cisterna chyli Cisterna chyli Cisterna magna Cisterna magna

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Bernard of Clairvaux
Bernardine
Catholicism
Dom
Fountains Abbey
Gilbertine
La Trappe
Malachy
Melrose Abbey
monastic
Monk
Monks and Nuns
Port-royalist
Rievaulx Abbey
Trappist

It had been a Cistercian Convent in old days, when the Smithfield, which is contiguous to it, was a tournament ground.

Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context

He was obviously an ecclesiastic of high rank; his dress was that of a Cistercian Monk, but composed of materials much finer than those which the rule of that order admitted.

Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context

They had rambled round by a road which led to the well-known ruins of the Cistercian abbey behind the mill, the latter having, in centuries past, been attached to the monastic establishment.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context

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