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

But he knows better, calling this “a myth,” adding that “Bill and Bernardine were still desperate to be part of something larger than themselves. Larger than their relationship. Larger, even, than our family.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Lviv regional head Maksym Kozytskyi said the Bernardine monastery, a 16th-Century Unesco site, was damaged.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

His wife, Bernardine, who was Murray’s high school prom date and the daughter of his childhood pastor, died in 2013.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2024

Henry, the posh-and-prim royal heir is fittingly reading a work of fiction by British author Bernardine Evaristo.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2023

St. John's College, again, rose out of the wreck of a Bernardine House.

From Oxford and Her Colleges by Smith, Goldwin