'Cistercian' definitions:
Definition of 'Cistercian'
(from WordNet)
noun
Member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence [syn: Trappist, Cistercian]
Definition of 'Cistercian'
From: GCIDE
- 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]