Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A member of an order of nuns, affiliated with the Trappists, founded in 1827, and established chiefly in France.
  • noun A sweet cordial made at a monastery of Trappist monks. Compare Benedictine, 2, chartreuse, 2.

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Examples

  • Margot and the other young ladies tapped the curaçao, the bénédictine, the trappistine, the chartreuse.

    The Fête At Coqueville 1907 ��mile Zola 1871

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