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Cis·ter·cian    Audio Help   (sĭ-stûr'shən)  Pronunciation Key  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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