Trappist monk

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• Monk's Mound — is the largest Pre Columbian earthwork in America north of Mesoamerica. Located at the Cahokia Mounds UNESCO World Heritage Site near Collinsville, Illinois, its size was calculated in 1988 as about 100 feet (30 meters) high, 955 feet (291… …   Wikipedia

• Trappist — Trap pist, n. [F. trappiste.] (R. C. Ch.) A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which was established by Armand de Ranc[ e] in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy. Extreme austerity characterizes their discipline. They… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Trappist — (n.) 1814, from Fr. trappiste, Cistercian monk of reformed order established 1664 by abbot De Rancé of La Trappe in Normandy …   Etymology dictionary

• Trappist —  monk …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

• monk — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ Buddhist, Tibetan, Zen ▪ Christian ▪ Benedictine, Dominican, Trappist, etc. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Trappist — adj. Trappist is used with these nouns: ↑monk …   Collocations dictionary

• Trappist — noun A monk of the order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (a branch of the Cistercians Roman Catholic religious brotherhood that use a particularly strict interpretation of the followed by a Cistercians). The order takes its name because… …   Wiktionary

• 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

• Trappist — n. monk of the Cistercian order …   English contemporary dictionary

• Monasticism — Trappist monk praying in his cell. Monasticism (from Greek μοναχός, monachos, derived from Greek monos, alone) is a religious way of life characterized by the practice of renouncing worldly pursuits to fully devote one s self to spiritual work.… …   Wikipedia

• Monastic silence — Zoroastrian Towers of Silence outside Yazd, Yazd province, Iran …   Wikipedia