Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Trappist

Trappist , noun

[French trappiste.]

(Roman Catholic Church) A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which was established by Armand de Rancé in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy. Extreme austerity characterizes their discipline. They were introduced permanently into the United States in 1848, and have monasteries in Iowa and Kentucky.