cistercian
IPA: sɪstˈɝʃʌn
Root Word: Cistercian
noun
- A member of a monastic order which follows the Benedictine rule and emphasizes silent contemplative prayer.
adjective
- Of, pertaining to or characteristic of the Cistercian Order and its members.
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Examples of "cistercian" in Sentences
- It was the first Cistercian abbey in the north.
- Both mills were owned by a Cistercian monastery.
- The habit was similar to that of the Cistercians.
- From that time onwards it flourished as a Cistercian monastery.
- Sibton's architectural style was in the austere Cistercian model.
- This was in keeping with the wish of the Cistercians for seclusion.
- Elisabeth entered as a nun in the Cistercian monastery of Trzebnica.
- It was united with the Cistercian congregation by a papal brief in 1849.
- Archaeologists are still discovering the extent of Cistercian technology.
- The former community was, he says, sorely oppressed by the covetous Cistercians.