Usually means: Monastic order following strict observance.
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  9. Cistercian: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  23. cistercian: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Cistercian)

▸ noun:  A member of a monastic order which follows the Benedictine rule and emphasizes silent contemplative prayer.
▸ adjective:  Of, pertaining to or characteristic of the Cistercian Order and its members.

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Trappist, cloister, cœnobite, coenobite, coenobium, Capuchiness, cœnobitism, cenobium, cellaress, cowl, more...

Opposite:
non-Cistercian, secular, worldly, non-monastic

Types:
Trappist, Benedictine, Premonstratensian, Trappistine, more...

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cistercian order, cistercian rule, Cistercian numerals, Cistercian architecture, more...

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great, true, first, early, good, fellow, young, modest, century, anonymous, former

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Similar:
Trappist, cloister, cœnobite, coenobite, coenobium, Capuchiness, cœnobitism, cenobium, cellaress, cowl, more...

Opposite:
non-Cistercian, secular, worldly, non-monastic

Types:
Trappist, Benedictine, Premonstratensian, Trappistine, more...

Phrases:
cistercian order, cistercian rule, Cistercian numerals, Cistercian architecture, more...

Adjectives:
great, true, first, early, good, fellow, young, modest, century, anonymous, former

Colors:
    white,     black,     gray,     brown,     beige, more...



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