Cistercianism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cistercian +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

Cistercianism (uncountable)

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