Definitions for Trappist

Trappist Trap·pist

Spelling: [trap-ist]
IPA: /ˈtræp ɪst/

Trappist is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 228 anagrams from letters in Trappist (aipprstt).

Definitions for Trappist

noun

  1. Roman Catholic Church. a member of a branch of the Cistercian order, observing the austere reformed rule established at La Trappe in 1664.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Trappists.

Origin of Trappist

First recorded in 1805-15, Trappist is from the French word trappiste, based on the name of the monastery. See La Trappe, Examples for Trappist

In the decade after the war, he joined a Trappist monastery, but was forced to leave after contracting tuberculosis.

Did the Trappist know of this, and was he pretending ignorance?

And the Trappist left quietly, while Durtal remained thinking.

I learnt from the monk that he was a Trappist, and that he was making a penitential tour.

The result of this incident was a fresh triumph for the Trappist.

He remembered the days he had once passed in the Trappist monastery of Gethsemane.

I no more thought of dishonoring her than I did of turning Trappist.

The Trappist, mayhap, in digging his grave had lighted on a pot of gold.

Since the Trappist's visit, the chevalier had entered, as it were, upon a fresh term of life.

The Trappist remained silent, and did not assist him at all.

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