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Monasticism (from
Ancient Gr**** μοναχός (monakhós) 'solitary,
monastic'; from μόνος (mónos) 'alone'), also
called monachism or monkhood, is a religious...
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respective Christian denominations that have
forms of
monastic living.
Those living the
monastic life are
known by the
generic terms monks (men) and nuns...
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complex of
buildings comprising the
domestic quarters and
workplaces of
monastics,
monks or nuns,
whether living in
communities or
alone (hermits). A monastery...
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monastic community of
Mount Athos is an
Eastern Orthodox community of
monks around Mount Athos, Greece, who hold the
status of an
autonomous region...
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devotional space.
Cells are
often part of
larger cenobitic monastic communities such as Catholic, Lutheran,
Anglican and
Orthodox Christian...
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Monastic granges were
outlying landholdings held by
monasteries independent of the
manorial system. The
first granges were
owned by the Cistercians, and...
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Buddhist lay people.
Three surviving traditions of
monastic discipline (Vinaya),
govern modern monastic life in
different regional traditions: Theravada...
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Monastic state may
refer to:
Monastic community of
Mount Athos Monastic State of the
Teutonic Order Monastic State of the
Livonian Order Monastic State...
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Monastic schools (Latin:
Scholae monasticae) were,
along with
cathedral schools, the most
important institutions of
higher learning in the
Latin West from...
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Monastic settlements are
areas built up in and
around the
development of
monasteries with the
spread of Christianity. To
understand Christian monastic...
