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contemplative::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | brooding, broody, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative |
| Derivation | contemplate, contemplativeness |
Examples of contemplative
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When the nuns are members of a contemplative order, the outlook is bleak indeed.
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In conversation Adebimpe doesn't come across as the brooding contemplative type.
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Such contemplative activity is occupying less of Father Francis'time these days.
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Doesn't it detract from the contemplative and meditative nature of spirituality?
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They have not digested the information in a contemplative, cross-referenced way.
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The charism, or spiritual focus, of the Carmelite Order is contemplative prayer.
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They can't be wholly contemplative, as those types of institutions don't qualify.
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Nothing much happens yet people come and stay for hours in a contemplative state.
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They were contemplative, thoughtful people who read, talked, and had grand ideas.
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- A person devoted to the contemplative life
- Brooding: deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";
- (contemplativeness) pensiveness: deep serious thoughtfulness
- (contemplation) a long and thoughtful observation
- The word contemplation comes from the Latin root templum (from Greek temnein: to cut or divide). It means separating something from its environment and enclosing it in a sector. Contemplation is the Latin translation of Greek 'theory' (theoria). ...
- (Contemplation (Kafka)) Contemplation, or Meditation (Betrachtung in German) is a sequence of eighteen short stories by Franz Kafka written between 1904 and 1912. Eight of these stories were published under the same title in the bimonthly Hyperion and were Kafka's first publication. ...
- A cloistered Roman Catholic religious; Pertaining to one who contemplates or is introspective and thoughtful; Pertaining especially to a contemplative Roman Catholic religious or one of the contemplative Roman Catholic religious orders
- (contemplation) The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study; Holy meditation; The act of looking forward to an event as about to happen; expectation; the act of intending or purposing
- (contemplation) A life of prayer and meditation as practised by certain Roman Catholic orders
