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  • 51Monastery, Nunnery — Monks or nuns live in a monastery, or nunnery where there is a church. Each monastery has an archmandrite who cares for the monks. In ancient monasteries we find fortresses where monks used to stay when wicked people attacked them …

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  • 52Nunneries — Nunnery Nun ner*y, n.; pl. {Nunneries}. [OE. nonnerie, OF. nonerie, F. nonnerie, fr. nonne nun, L. nonna. See {Nun}.] A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See {Cloister}, and… …

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  • 53Convent — [nunnery]. The place of a community of Christians living together according to the rule of the religious order to which they belong (the term is not confined to women religious). [< Lat. conventus = assembly] Cf. Conventualis; Monastery;… …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 54List of abbeys and priories in England — Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Article layout 2 Abbreviations and key …

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  • 55Ordination of women — Main article: Ordination Ordination in general religious usage is the process by which a person is consecrated (set apart for the administration of various religious rites). The ordination of women is a regular practice among some major religious …

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  • 56Чилинь — Монастырь Чилинь 志蓮淨苑 …

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  • 57Hamlet — This article is about the Shakespeare play. For other uses, see Hamlet (disambiguation). The American actor Edwin Booth as Hamlet, ca. 1870 The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William… …

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  • 58Supertram (Sheffield) — This article is about the modern system. For the original system see Sheffield Tramway. Supertram …

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  • 59Jokhang — The Jokhang Temple Tibetan name Tibetan …

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  • 60Drepung Monastery — Tibetan name Tibetan འབ …

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