Cistercian : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Cistercian	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Cistercian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cistercian n member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence Synonym(s): Trappist, Cistercian
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cistercian \Cis*ter"cian\, n. [LL. Cistercium. F. C[8c]teaux, a convent not far from Dijon, in France: cf. F. cistercien.] (Eccl.) A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at C[8c]teaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Cistercians.