Bernardine

American  

[bur-ner-din, -deen] / ˈbɜr nər dɪn, -ˌdin /

adjective

1. of or relating to St. Bernard of Clairvaux.

2. of or relating to the Cistercians.

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noun

1. a Cistercian.

2. Also Bernadine a first name.

Bernardine British  

/ -ˌdiːn, ˈbɜːnədɪn /

noun

1. a monk of one of the reformed and stricter branches of the Cistercian order

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adjective

1. 1. of or relating to this branch of the Cistercians

   2. of or relating to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

Example Sentences

Similarly, the former Air Force One at the Reagan complex had its wings and vertical tail removed so it could be trucked from San Bernardino, Calif., to the library in Simi Valley.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 5, 2026

San Bernardino Sheriffs issued a missing persons alert for a mother and daughter believed to be missing in the rugged San Gorgonio Wilderness area of the San Bernardino Mountains.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2026

Areas of San Bernardino, Kern, Inyo and Tulare counties are under a red flag warning until 11 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

Such an event could affect some of the nation's most densely populated and infrastructure-dependent regions, including the greater Los Angeles area, San Bernardino, Riverside, and the Coachella Valley.

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026

Entrepreneurs from all over the country went to San Bernardino, visited the new McDonald’s, and built imitations of the restaurant in their hometowns.

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser