trappist

IPA: trˈæpɪst

Root Word: Trappist

A monk or nun of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (a branch of the Cistercians Roman Catholic religious brotherhood that use a particularly strict interpretation of the Rule of St Benedict).

Examples of "trappist" in Sentences

December 28, 2009 3:23 PM trappist pistoles olestra trappist said...
"trappist" started being used in the years between WW1 and WW11, and was popularized by Chimay in 1850.
Of course, other breweries can produce similar beers, but none can be called "Trappist" or, even "trappist-style".
Thus it was said in the town, when the Bishop does not indulge in the cheer of a cure, he indulges in the cheer of a trappist.
Speaking spiritually, I wish we had gotten someone more on the lines of HH the Dalai Lama, or, less celebrated, almost any Catholic trappist monastic.
You could tell by his face he was a "trappist," as Dick calls the motor-spies, and though Sir Lionel wasn't really going beyond the legal limit, he glared at our number as if he meant mischief.
I will admit, as the beer warms up and you get to the bottom of the snifter, the brett character becomes more charming than abrasive and gives this beer a pensive dubbel-cum-trappist-esque quality
Well, maybe, even as a newbie, I've done a little research and I know that the trappist ales (like Chimay and Orval) have different types: the ale, a double (dubbel), a triple, and sometimes a quad (like New Glarus!)