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  • 21monastic — adjective relating to monks, nuns, etc., or the buildings in which they live. ↘resembling monks or their way of life, especially in being austere or celibate. noun a monk or other member of a monastic order. Derivatives monastically adverb… …

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  • 22monastic — UK [məˈnæstɪk] / US adjective 1) relating to monks or monasteries 2) a monastic way of life is quiet and simple Derived word: monasticism UK [məˈnæstɪsɪz(ə)m] / US [məˈnæstɪˌsɪzəm] noun uncountable …

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  • 23monastic — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or relating to monasteries or the religious communities living in them. 2 resembling these or their way of life; solitary and celibate. n. a monk or other follower of a monastic rule. Derivatives: monastically adv. monasticism …

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  • 24Monastic — refers to the life or community of monks …

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  • 25Religious Life — • Overview and evangelical ideas on what makes up religious life Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Religious Life     Religious Life      …

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  • 26Welsh Monastic Foundations — • The British church was driven into Wales in the fifth century Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Welsh Monastic Foundations     Welsh Monastic Foundations      …

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  • 27Bose Monastic Community — The ecumenical Monastic Community of Bose ( [http://www 1.monasterodibose.it/ Monastero di Bose] ) was established by Catholic layman Enzo Bianchi in 1965. Joseph A. Komonchak writes::Halfway between Milan and Turin, in a little hollow below a… …

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  • 28Consecrated life (Catholic Church) — St Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 543), who wrote the leading religious rule for monastic living, evokes the Christian roots of Europe , says Pope Benedict XVI. In the Roman Catholic Church, the term consecrated life denotes a stable form of… …

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  • 29The Monastic School of Aran —     The Monastic School of Aran     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Monastic School of Aran     The three islands of Aran stretch across the mouth of Galway Bay, forming a kind of natural breakwater against the Atlantic Ocean. The largest of the… …

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  • 30RELIGIOUS LIFE AND COMMUNITIES — Jews UNDER OTTOMAN RULE The Jews of the pre Zionist old yishuv, both sephardim (from the Orient) and ashkenazim (of European origin), dedicated their lives to the fulfillment of religious precepts: the study of the torah and the meticulous… …

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