cistercian

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A member of a monastic order, related to the Benedictines, who hold a vow of silence
a monk (=member of an all-male Christian religious group) belonging to a group that started in France in 1098. The Cistercians follow strict rules, which include little sleep, hard work, and not eating very much. or White Monk or Bernardine Member of a Roman Catholic monastic order founded by St. Stephen Harding (1098) at Cîteaux (Latin, Cistercium), Burgundy, by Benedictines dissatisfied with their abbey's laxity. Cistercians were severely ascetic, rejected feudal revenues, and engaged in manual labor. Uniform rules applied to all houses, and all abbots were to meet annually at Cîteaux. St. Bernard de Clairvaux founded 68 abbeys in his lifetime. Discipline declined as the order grew, and Cistercians disappeared from northern Europe after the Reformation. The order underwent reforms in the 16th-17th century; members of the reformed order are popularly known as Trappists after the abbey of La Trapp. Until the 1960s, they slept, ate, and worked in perpetual silence. The original order, which underwent more moderate reforms, also survives
{s} of or pertaining to the strict reflective Christian order of monks and nuns
{i} monk or nun of the order that is a more severe branch of the Benedictines called the "Cistercian Order"; member of the Cistercian Christian order
A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Cîteaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme
member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence
For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St
relating to the Order of Citeaux, founded by Bernardo di Chiaravalle The buildings are very severe in appearance and lack any ornamentation
Of or pertaining to the Cistercians
a monk living in a community under the strict adherence of the Rule of St Benedict The revival of search for pure monastic life started at Citeaux in France Cistercians have a life of worship, work, poverty and chastity : they spend their days in prayers and work The Cistercians were very popular and by 1152 there were more than 300 abbeys in Europe
Benedict in all its rigor
Cistercian Order
{i} Christian order founded in 1098 by Robert of Molesme (as the White Monks) which is a more severe branch of the Benedictines
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