A member of the Cistercian monastic order, distinguished by the wearing of a white or undyed habit.

a member of either the Bernardine or the Cistercian order of monks, whose habit is a white tunic and a large black scapular.

a member of a religious order who wears a white habit; cf. white canon n., White Friar, n. 1, white monk, n.

Of or pertaining to St. Bernard (abbot of Clairvaux in 1115), or to the monastic order bearing his name. n. A monk of this order; a Cistercian.

A monk of this order.