Cistercian Synonyms

sĭ-stûrshən
Member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. trappist

Words Related to Cistercian

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. benedictine
  2. monastic
  3. cluniac
  4. premonstratensian
  5. rievaulx
  6. augustinians
  7. augustinian
  8. mailros
  9. citeaux
  10. monastery
  11. carthusian
  12. Tironensian
  13. bridgettine

Cistercian Sentence Examples

  • The country in the neighbourhood of Tubingen is very attractive; one of the most interesting points is the former Cistercian monastery of Bebenhausen, founded in 1185, and now a royal hunting-château.

  • Though suffering from illness, he at once set out on the journey; finding his strength failing on the way, he was carried to the Cistercian monastery of Fossa Nuova, in the diocese of Terracina, where, after a lingering illness of seven weeks, he died on the 7th of March 1274.

  • The ruined church at Longpont (13th century) is the relic of an important Cistercian abbey; Urcel and Mont-Notre-Dame have fine churches, the first entirely in the Romanesque style, the second dating from the 12th and 13th centuries, to which period the church at Braisne also belongs.

  • In 1344, shortly after their return, Ulf died in the Cistercian monastery of Alvastra in East Gothland, and Bridget now devoted herself wholly to religion.

  • The abbey buildings of Clairvaux are the type of the Cistercian abbey.

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