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cistercianism

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Cis⋅ter⋅cian

  [si-stur-shuhn]
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–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.
Origin:
1595–1605; < ML Cisterciānus < L Cisterci(um) placename (now Cîteaux) + -ānus -an

Related forms:
Cis⋅ter⋅cian⋅ism, noun
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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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