Cis-tēr'cian, n.

(-shan, 63), n. [L. Lat. Cistercium, Fr. Cisteaux, Citeaux, a convent not far from Dijon, in France.] (Eccl.) One of an order of monks established at Citeaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Moleme. Its fundamental law was that of the Benedictines, but was more rigidly enforced than by them. Hook.