Trappists

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1. A strict order of monks in the Roman Catholic Church.

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Until recent years, Trappists took a vow of silence, under which they were rarely allowed to speak to one another. They were allowed to speak only during worship, to their superiors, and to guests at their monasteries.

Example Sentences

That seemed to point to the Trappists—more formally, the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance—and eventually to the Trappists he went.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 28, 2018

Here’s a letter handwritten on the stationery of the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok, a stop on the trip to Asia, through California and Alaska, that he took after the Trappists relaxed their rule against travel.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 5, 2015

Among others, Trappists, Cistercians, Benedictines, and a number of saints have adopted vegetarianism or otherwise debated the requirements of mercy regarding animals.

From Time • Dec. 14, 2014

But though his sympathy for the Trappists is evident, the film does not treat them as saints, or as mouthpieces for any particular theology.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2011

Its focal point was the great mound—Monks Mound, it is now called, named after a group of Trappists who lived nearby in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann