- a monk or nun of an order founded in 1098 as a stricter branch of the Benedictines. The monks are now divided into two observances, the strict observance, whose adherents are known popularly as Trappists, and the common observance, which has certain relaxations.西多会修士; 西多会修女（西多会成立于1098年, 系本笃会分支, 其教义更严格, 修行者现分为两派, 分别为严格派和普通派, 前者信徒为广为大众所知的特拉普派修道士, 后者较为宽松）。
- of or relating to this order（与）西多会（有关）的：
a Cistercian abbey.
西多会修道院。
词源
from French cistercien, from Cistercium, the Latin name of Cîteaux near Dijon in France, where the order was founded.