Cistercian (sisters hi an)

[F. Cistercien, Trappe. The French revolution reduced the Cistercians to a few convents in Belgium, Austria, Poland, and the part of Upper Lusatia. They wear a white ca ock with a black scapular, but when officiating are clothed with a large white gown, with great sleeves and a hood of the same color. The Cistercians have abbeys in the United States at Gethsemane in Kentucky, and near Dubuque in Iowa.