cistercian Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence
    Trappist.

WordNet

Cis*ter"cian noun
Etymology
LL. Cistercium. F. Cîteaux, a convent not far from Dijon, in France: cf. F. cistercien.
Definitions
  1. (Eccl.) A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Cîteaux, 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.

Webster 1913