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CISTERCIAN

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• CISTERCIAN (noun)
The noun CISTERCIAN has 1 sense:

1. member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence

Familiarity information: CISTERCIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• CISTERCIAN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cistercian; Trappist

Hypernyms ("Cistercian" is a kind of...):

monastic; monk (a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work)

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