TRAPPIST
\tɹˈapɪst], \tɹˈapɪst], \t_ɹ_ˈa_p_ɪ_s_t]\
Definitions of TRAPPIST
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which was established by Armand de Rance in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy. Extreme austerity characterizes their discipline. They were introduced permanently into the United States in 1848, and have monasteries in Iowa and Kentucky.
By Oddity Software
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A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which was established by Armand de Rance in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy. Extreme austerity characterizes their discipline. They were introduced permanently into the United States in 1848, and have monasteries in Iowa and Kentucky.
By Noah Webster.
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trap'ist, n. a member of a monastic body, a branch of the Cistercians, noted for the extreme austerity of the rule--so named from the abbey of La Trappe in the French department of Orne.--n. TRAP'PISTINE, a nun of this order of La Trappe.
By Thomas Davidson
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Member of a Cistercian order founded 1140 at Soligny-la-Trappe& noted for silence& other austerities.
By Sir Augustus Henry
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