单词 | Trappist |
释义 | Trappist/ˈtrapɪst /adjective Relating to or denoting a branch of the Cistercian order of monks founded in 1664 and noted for an austere rule that includes remaining silent for much of the time.The first Trappist monks arrived in Algeria in the nineteenth century in the wake of the French colonial army that took Algiers from the Barbary pirates in 1830....
noun A member of the Trappist order.That meeting came about during a retreat in Spencer, Massachusetts, at Saint Joseph's Abbey, a monastery operated by the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance, commonly known as the Trappists....
OriginEarly 19th century: from French trappiste, from La Trappe in Normandy. |
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