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Cistercian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /sɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)ʃi.ən/
  • /sɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)ʃən/

Etymology

From French cistercien, from Latin Cistercium (“Cîteaux”), after the place where the order was founded.

Meanings

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Cistercian Order and its members.
    • At some unknown point during the twelfth century the problem of waking up at night at the right time to ring the bell was solved, because, in a new version of the Rule for Cistercian monks, it says that the sacrist 'roused by the sound of the clock shall ring the church bell'. 1978, James Burke, Connections, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, pages 128-129:

Forms

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most Cistercian Degree=Sup lexicographic
more Cistercian Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Cistercian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /sɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)ʃi.ən/
  • /sɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)ʃən/

Etymology

From French cistercien, from Latin Cistercium (“Cîteaux”), after the place where the order was founded.

Meanings

  1. A member of a monastic order which follows the Benedictine rule and emphasizes silent contemplative prayer.

Forms

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Cistercians Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

monk · Benedictine · religionist · person

Synonyms

white monk

Translations (20)

ru цистерциа́нец (member of the Cistercian Order) · hu ciszterci szerzetes (member of the Cistercian Order) · de Zisterzienserin (member of the Cistercian Order) · pl cysters (member of the Cistercian Order) · cy Sistersaidd (member of the Cistercian Order) · ro cistercian (member of the Cistercian Order) · eo cisterciano (member of the Cistercian Order) · sk cistercián (member of the Cistercian Order) · la Cisterciensis (member of the Cistercian Order) · ga Cistéirseach (member of the Cistercian Order) · it cistercense (member of the Cistercian Order) · ca cistercenc (member of the Cistercian Order) · cs cisterciák (member of the Cistercian Order) · el Κιστερκιανός (member of the Cistercian Order) · nl cisterciënzer (member of the Cistercian Order) · fr cistercien (member of the Cistercian Order) · es cisterciense (member of the Cistercian Order) · pt cisterciense (member of the Cistercian Order) · de Zisterzienser (member of the Cistercian Order) · ko 시토회 수도사 (member of the Cistercian Order)