单词 | cistercian |
释义 | Cistercianadj.n. A. adj. Of or belonging to the monastic order founded at Cistercium or Cîteaux in 1098 by Robert, abbot of Molesme.The order was an offshoot of the Benedictines, and aimed at a stricter observance of the Benedictine rules. From the patronage of St. Bernard (abbot of Clairvaux in 1200) it acquired the name of Bernardine adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > Order of St. Benedict > [adjective] > Cistercian Cistercian1602 Bernardine1787 1602 Bernard de Brito (title) Chronicall of the Cistercian Order. a1619 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 104 The King required..all the Wooll that yeare of the Monkes Cisteaux.] 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Cistercian Monks. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 26 The Cistercian Convent. 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 213/1 The third abbot of Cîteaux was Etienne or Stephen Harding, an Englishman..who may be regarded as the real founder of the Cistercian order. B. n. A monk of this order. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > Order of St. Benedict > [noun] > Cistercian white monk?c1335 pied monk1530 white cloak1610 Bernardine1663 Cistercian1663 1663 Bullokar's Eng. Expositor (rev. ed.) Cistercians, an Order of Monks instituted in the year 1088. 1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. 91 Noble and churl welcomed the austere Cistercians. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adj.n.1602 |
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