TRAPPIST


Meaning of TRAPPIST in English

/ ˈtræpɪst; NAmE / adjective

belonging to a group of monks who have very strict rules, including a rule that they must not speak

►  Trap·pist noun

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WORD ORIGIN

early 19th cent.: from French trappiste , from La Trappe in Normandy.

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