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Top: Society: Religion_and_Spirituality: Christianity: Denominations: Catholicism: Orders: Men's_Orders: Benedictines: Trappists
Trappists is the popular name for members of the Roman Catholic Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (OCSO), which traces its beginnings back to the reforms introduced (1664) by Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé (1626-1700) at the monastery of La Trappe near Seez, France.
"Abbey," "monastery" and "priory" are roughly synonymous terms. A monastery generally refers to the building where the monks live. An abbey is a monastery governed by an abbot, while a priory is a monastery ruled by a prior under the auspices of the abbot of the mother abbey.
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