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monastic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastical |
monastic::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | monk |
| Type of | religious |
| Has types | carthusian, cistercian, brother, trappist |
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For novices used to worldlier ways, the monastic life is often a harsh surprise.
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He also had important monastic duties, including master of novices from 1971-80.
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For centuries, clergymen and members of monastic orders have worked with plants.
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The procedure is a part of the full Sannyas Diksha monastic initiation ceremony.
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Monastic reform was similarly a religious movement effected by monks and elites.
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Another famous document from the monastic library is the Codex Aureus of Lorsch.
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Common to both the monastic and the secular bardic schools were Irish and Latin.
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It dates to the late 11th century and was used as a monastic and royal treasury.
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To escape Dominican jurisdiction, Bucer needed to be freed of his monastic vows.
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- Cloistered: of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
- Monk: a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
- (monasticism) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
- Monasticism (from Greek u03BCu03BFu03BDu03B1u03C7u03CCu03C2, monachos, derived from u03BCu03CCu03BDu03BFu03C2, monos, "alone") or monkhood is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work. Monastic life plays an important role in many Christian churches, especially in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions...
- A person with monastic ways, e.g. monks; Of or relating to monasteries or monks
- (monastically) In a monastic manner
- (Monasticism) A separate wing of the church in which monks lived in monasteries and took vows to live by certain rules. The purpose of the monastic life was prayer, but the monks also vowed to remain poor, chaste, and obedient to their abbot. ...
- (Monasticism) American Roman Catholic monasticism usually applies to Benedictine women and men who have chosen to live together to seek and serve God, following the Rule of Benedict under the direction of a prioress (women's communities) or abbot (men's communities). ...
- (Monasticism) An ongoing reform movement in the Catholic Church generally regarded as beginning about the middle of the 4th century. It was an attempt to live a stricter, more "apostolic" form of Christianity through prayer, manual labor, and asceticism (mortification*). ...
