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Cistercianism

Cistercianism noun: the beliefs and practices of the Cistercian monastic order.

Noun

Cistercianism (uncountable)

  1. The beliefs and practices of the Cistercian monastic order.
    • […] maximism of the Cluniacs on the one hand and the minimism of puritanic Cistercianism on the other.1918, Edmund Bishop, Liturgica Historica, page 229

Origin of Cistercianism

From Cistercian + -ism.

Questions about Cistercianism

What does Cistercianism mean?
Cistercianism means the beliefs and practices of the Cistercian monastic order.
What part of speech is Cistercianism?
Cistercianism is a noun.

Words near Cistercianism in the dictionary

  1. cistem
  2. cistemic
  3. cistems
  4. cister
  5. Cistercian
  6. Cistercianism
  7. Cistercians
  8. cistern
  9. cistern epiphyte
  10. cistern epiphytes
  11. cisterna

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