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Definition of Cistercian
1. Noun. Member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence.
Definition of Cistercian
1. n. 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.
Definition of Cistercian
1. Noun. A member of a monastic order, related to the Benedictines, who hold a vow of silence ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cistercian
Literary usage of Cistercian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lombard Architecture by Arthur Kingsley Porter (1917)
"It is difficult to determine at what date pointed barrel vaults were introduced
into cistercian churches, since it happens that the choirs have been ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In 1882, about three centuries and a half after the suppression of the cistercian
Abbey, the ruined buildings came again into (he possession of Benedictine ..."
3. Medieval Agriculture, the Southern French Countryside, and the Early by Constance H. Berman (1986)
"In the economic sphere these included a search for simple, frugal, and ascetic
lives, an attempt to divorce cistercian land cultivation from manorialism by ..."
4. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"It is evident that the plan was furnished by a French architect, perhaps a
cistercian from Burgundy. Equally certain it is that it was an Italian who built ..."
5. American Journal of Archaeology by Archaeological Institute of America (1891)
"INTRODUCTION OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE INTO ITALY BY THE FRENCH cistercian MONKS.
IV. MONASTERY OF ARBONA. [PLATES XXIV, XXV.] The monastery of Arbona or ..."
6. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles (1854)
"... of the cistercian order were summoned to appear before Rustand, at Reading.
About the same time Master Rustand, on the apostolic authority, summoned all ..."
7. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"It is evident that the plan was furnished by a French architect, perhaps a
cistercian from Burgundy. Equally certain it is that it was an Italian who built ..."
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