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