Cistercian

American

[si-stur-shuhn] / sɪˈstɜr ʃən /

noun

a member of an order of monks and nuns founded in 1098 at Citeaux, near Dijon, France, under the rule of St. Benedict.

adjective

of or relating to the Cistercians.

Cistercian British

/ sɪˈstɜːʃən /

noun

1. Also called: White Monk. a member of a Christian order of monks and nuns founded in 1098, which follows an especially strict form of the Benedictine rule
2. ( as modifier )
  
  a Cistercian monk

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Derived Forms

Cistercianism

noun

Etymology

Origin of Cistercian

1595–1605; < Medieval Latin Cisterciānus < Latin Cisterci ( um ) placename (now Cîteaux ) + -ānus -an

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