Cistercian

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A member of a monastic order which follows the Benedictine rule and emphasizes silent contemplative prayer.
2. sıfat Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Cistercian Order and its members.

   “At some unknown point during the twelfth century the problem of waking up at night at the right time to ring the bell was solved, because, in a new version of the Rule for Cistercian monks, it says that the sacrist 'roused by the sound of the clock shall ring the church bell'.”