Crossword-Solution: CISTERCIANS
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AERA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with CISTERCIANS (5)
Thirddely, men for the monys destroied the great woddis that thei should not harborow theves.” This monastery is situated in the wildest part of Cardiganshire, surrounded on three sides by a lofty range of those mountains, called by our author Ellennith; a spot admirably suited to the severe and recluse order of the Cistercians.
HERNANI CISTERCIANS might crack their sides With laughter, and exemption get, At sight of heroes clasping brides, And hearing—O the horn! the horn! The horn of their obstructive debt! But quit the stage, that note applies For sermons cosmopolitan, Hernani.
Hence reforms were attempted; and the Cluniacs and Cistercians and other orders arose, modelled after the original institution on Monte Cassino.
The cloisters of Cluniacs and Cistercians--branches of the Benedictines--were filled with idle and dissolute monks.
Fifty pounds were paid for books sent to them this year by the Cistercians of Culross, and to the Austin Canons of Cambuskenneth in the following year about half as much was paid; and similar records appear in the accounts.[130] Other interesting testimony to the bookcraft and collecting habits of the friars is not wanting.
Quotes with CISTERCIANS (1)
Incidentally, although the Cistercians did much to improve the quality of sheep, the animal remained much smaller than its modern descendants; as late as the early eighteenth century a sheep wasn't much bulkier than a Labrador Dog.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1954).