. . . . . . "A Cistercian is a member of the Cistercian Order (/s\u026A\u02C8st\u025Cr\u0283\u2071\u0259n/, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist (Latin: (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis), a religious order of monks and nuns. They are variously called the Bernardines, after the highly influential St."@en .