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Webster 1913 Edition
Cistercian
Cis-ter′cian
,Noun.
[LL.
Cistercium
. F. Cîteaux
, 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 Cîteaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor.
– Adj.
Of or pertaining to the Cistercians.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cistercian
CISTERCIAN
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Cistercian
Cistercian
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Noun
Cistercian (plural Cistercians)
- A member of a monastic order, related to the Benedictines, who hold a vow of silence
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