Monkery
21Luther and antisemitism — Martin Luther (1483 1546), a German Reformation leader, had a significant influence on German antisemitism by his harsh anti Jewish statements and writings. In the twentieth century these were used by the Nazis in their antisemitic… …
22ChuckleVision episode information (Series 6-10) — Chucklevision: Episode Information page for series 6 10.Episode Informationeries 6 (1994)15 episodes. *Under Lock and Key Paul and Barry have sold the caravan and bought a mill to live in. They set up a security system. *Gala Performance The… …
23celibacy — Synonyms and related words: Encratism, Friday, Lenten fare, Platonic love, Pythagoreanism, Pythagorism, Rechabitism, Shakerism, Spartan fare, Stoicism, abstainment, abstemiousness, abstention, abstinence, alienation, aloneness, aloofness,… …
24monasticism — Synonyms and related words: Albigensianism, Catharism, Franciscanism, Sabbatarianism, Trappism, Waldensianism, Yoga, abstinence, anchoritic monasticism, anchoritism, asceticism, austerity, bachelordom, bachelorhood, bachelorism, bachelorship,… …
25Ecclesiastical Terms — Christianity is an institution of extraordinary duration and complexity (not to mention insularity) and, over the past 2000 years, has developed its own extensive vocabulary that is largely incomprehensible to laypersons. This surprisingly large… …
26moniker — (n.) 1849, said to be originally a hobo term (but attested in London underclass from 1851), of uncertain origin; perhaps from monk (monks and nuns take new names with their vows, and early 19c. British tramps referred to themselves as in the… …
27monachism — n. Monkery, monasticism, monastic life …
28monastery — n 1. cloister, abbey, priory, friary, charterhouse, cenoby, (usu. contemptuous) monkery; hospice; Tibetan Buddhism. lamasery, Buddhism. vihara, Hinduism. ashram. 2. convent, nunnery. See convent. 3. novitiate, seminary. See seminary(def.1) …
29monasticism — n 1. monkhood, monachism, ceno bitism, monkism, friarhood, brotherhood, monkdom, (usu. contemptuous) monkery; the cloister, the contemplative life, life of prayer, the better part; sisterhood, nunhood, nunship. 2. asceticism, self denial, self… …
30-ery — suffix forming nouns denoting: 1 a class or kind (greenery; machinery; citizenry). 2 employment; state or condition (archery; dentistry; slavery; bravery). 3 a place of work or cultivation or breeding (brewery; orangery; rookery). 4 behaviour ( …
