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  • noun Plural form of Trappist.

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Examples

  • The Trappists were the closest, and I say Sarge Shriver is also very close.

    All of One Peace: Essays on Nonviolence 1994

  • Cistercian habit was not seen in the British Isles until some monks of the austere reform of La Trappe (hence often called Trappists), driven out by the French Revolution, came to England intending to proceed to Canada.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement] 1840-1916 1913

  • I saw nothing of interest here excepting a genealogical tree of the order of Reformed Cistercians, called Trappists, showing its descent from the Abbey of Cîteaux, and a portrait of Père Dom Sébastien, Abbot-General of the Trappists, who was a pontifical zouave before he put on the monastic habit.

    Two Summers in Guyenne Edward Harrison Barker 1885

  • He was also a great fan of Bob Dylan and played Dylan's records in his hermitage (the Trappists are a silent order!), while Merton's poetry was influenced by the folksingers 'lyrics.

    On An Overgrown Path 2008

  • The different congregations of Trappists are now united in a single order, the official name being the "Order of Reformed Cistercians", but for a long time they will continue to be known by their popular name of "Trappists" (see CISTERCIANS).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • "Trappists", yet they are heirs to the old traditions, and even the name will continue to be connected with them in the popular mind.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • The real-life French Trappists in North African in the 1990s struggled with some slightly different Big Questions: "What does God want us to do?"

    Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Spiritual Reflections On 'The Tree Of Life' S.J. Rev. James Martin 2011

  • You may remember that the German Trappist abbey of Mariawald, which last year had received the privilege conceded by the Holy Father of a complete return to the Liturgy and the Observance in use in the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists) until 1963/64, had announced in March that in future all Masses would be celebrated according to the usus antiquior.

    Videos from Mariawald 2009

  • The German Trappist Abbey of Mariawald, which last November had received the privilege conceded by the Holy Father of a complete return to the Liturgy and the Observance in use in the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists) until 1963/64 and has been gradually implementing this return since (see previous posts here), has announced that now all Masses will be celebrated according to the usus antqiuior.

    News from Mariawald: All Masses in the Extraordinary Form 2009

  • The real-life French Trappists in North African in the 1990s struggled with some slightly different Big Questions: "What does God want us to do?"

    Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Spiritual Reflections On 'The Tree Of Life' S.J. Rev. James Martin 2011

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