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CISTERCIAN

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Cis⋅ter⋅cian

  [si-stur-shuhn]
–noun
1. a member of an order of monks and nuns founded in 1098 at Citeaux, near Dijon, France, under the rule of St. Benedict.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to the Cistercians.
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Origin:
1595–1605; < ML Cisterciānus < L Cisterci(um) placename (now Cîteaux) + -ānus -an

Related forms:
Cis⋅ter⋅cian⋅ism, noun
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Cis·ter·cian   (sĭ-stûr'shən)   
n.  A member of a contemplative monastic order founded by reformist Benedictines in France in 1098.

[French Cistertien, from Medieval Latin Cistercium, Cîteaux, a village of eastern France, site of an abbey.]
Cis·ter'cian adj.
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Cistercian 
1602, from L. *Cistercianus (now Cîteaux), site of an abbey near Dijon, where the monastic order was founded 1098 by Robert of Molesme.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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