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doc Definition of cistercian
    English to English
    noun
  • member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence
  • source: WordNet 3.0
  • 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.
  • source: Webster 1913
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