Cistercian monk

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• Cistercian — [si stʉr′shən] adj. [ME & OFr Cistercien < OFr, after ML Cistercium (now Cîteaux, France), orig. convent (1098) of the order] designating or of a monastic order following a strict interpretation of the Benedictine rule n. a Cistercian monk or… …   English World dictionary

• Monk of Heilsbronn —     Monk of Heilsbronn     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Monk of Heilsbronn     This name indicates the unknown author of some small mystical treatises, written about the beginning of the fourteenth century at the Cistercian Abbey of Heilsbronn… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Cistercian Abbey of Zwettl —     Cistercian Abbey of Zwettl     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Cistercian Abbey of Zwettl     (CLARAVALLIS AUSTRIAE).     A filiation of Heiligenkreuz, of the line of Morimond, situated in Lower Austria, in the Diocese of St. Hippolyte. This… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Cistercian — Cis*ter cian, n. [LL. Cistercium. F. C[^i]teaux, a convent not far from Dijon, in France: cf. F. cistercien.] (Eccl.) A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at C[^i]teaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cistercian — ► NOUN ▪ a monk or nun of an order that is a stricter branch of the Benedictines. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to this order. ORIGIN from Cistercium, the Latin name of Cîteaux in France, where the order was founded …   English terms dictionary

• Cistercian — Cistercianism, n. /si sterr sheuhn/, n. 1. a member of an order of monks and nuns founded in 1098 at Citeaux, near Dijon, France, under the rule of St. Benedict. adj. 2. of or pertaining to the Cistercians. [1595 1605; < ML Cistercianus < L… …   Universalium

• Cistercian architecture — Abbey church of Santa Maria Arabona, Italy …   Wikipedia

• Monk of Heilsbronn — The Monk of Heilsbronn is the unknown author of some short mystical treatises, written about the beginning of the fourteenth century, at the Cistercian Abbey of Heilsbronn, in Bavaria. The Monk cites St. Bonaventure and Albert the Great (d. 1280) …   Wikipedia

• Cistercian — Cis|ter|cian a ↑monk (=member of an all male Christian religious group) belonging to a group that started in France in 1098. The Cistercians follow strict rules, which include little sleep, hard work, and not eating very much. >Cistercian adj… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Cistercian — Cis·ter·ci·an || sɪ stɜːʃjÉ™n n. monk or nun of the order that is a more severe branch of the Benedictines called the Cistercian Order ; member of the Cistercian Christian order adj. of or pertaining to the strict reflective Christian… …   English contemporary dictionary

• monk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. friar, brother, cleric; pilgrim, palmer, mendicant; ascetic, hermit, anchorite, cenobite, eremite, recluse, solitary; abbot, prior, father, abbé. See clergy, celibacy, asceticism. II (Roget s IV) n.… …   English dictionary for students