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TrappistOne entry found. Main Entry: Trap·pist Pronunciation: \ˈtra-pist\ Function: noun Etymology: French trappiste, from La Trappe, France Date: 1814 : a member of a reformed branch of the Roman Catholic Cistercian Order established by the Abbot de Rancé in 1664 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy — Trappist adjective
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