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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence;
[syn: Trappist, Cistercian]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cistercian \Cis*ter"cian\, n. [LL. Cistercium. F. C[^i]teaux, a convent not far from Dijon, in France: cf. F. cistercien.] (Eccl.) A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at C[^i]teaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Cistercians. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Cistercian n 1: member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence [syn: Trappist, Cistercian]