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Trappists

  1. A strict order of monks in the Roman Catholic Church .


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Notes

Until recent years, Trappists took a vow of silence, under which they were rarely allowed to speak to one another. They were allowed to speak only during worship, to their superiors, and to guests at their monasteries.
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Example Sentences

But, so far as I remember, the Trappists are themselves divided, and do not live under a uniform discipline.

And while he was dreaming, the clock struck; the two Trappists regained their stalls, while the others entered.

Sometimes I vowed to die beside her; sometimes to bury myself at Meilleraye among the Trappists.

So even asceticism became brotherly; and the Trappists were sociable even when they were silent.

But so it is: the Whig Ministry, like martyr Trappists, have died rather than open their mouths.

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