CISTERCIAN


Meaning of CISTERCIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sis-ˈtər-shən ]

noun

Etymology: Medieval Latin Cistercium Cîteaux

Date: 1611

: a member of a monastic order founded by St. Robert of Molesme in 1098 at Cîteaux, France, under Benedictine rule

• Cistercian adjective

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