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31Monasticism — Trappist monk praying in his cell. Monasticism (from Greek μοναχός, monachos, derived from Greek monos, alone) is a religious way of life characterized by the practice of renouncing worldly pursuits to fully devote one s self to spiritual work.… …
32Monastery — of St. Nilus on Stolbnyi Island in Lake Seliger near Ostashkov, Russia, ca. 1910 …
33Consecrated life — The consecrated life in the Christian tradition, especially the Roman Catholic Church,[1] but also the Anglican Church and to some extent other Christian denominations, is, as the Roman Catholic Code of Canon Law states: a stable form of living… …
34Vallumbrosan Order — The Vallumbrosan Order (or Vallombrosians) is a Roman Catholic religious order, technically a Benedictine congregation, which derives its name from the motherhouse, Vallombrosa (Latin Vallis umbrosa , shady valley ), situated c. 30 km from… …
35Eastern Orthodoxy — the faith, practice, membership, and government of the Eastern Orthodox Church. * * * officially Orthodox Catholic Church One of the three major branches of Christianity. Its adherents live mostly in Greece, Russia, the Balkans, Ukraine, and the… …
36hermit — hermitic, hermitical, hermitish, adj. hermitically, adv. hermitlike, adj. hermitry, hermitship, n. /herr mit/, n. 1. a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion. 2. any person living in seclusion; recluse. 3.… …
37idiorrhythmic monasticism — ▪ Christianity also called eremitic monasticism (from Greek eremos, “desert”) the original form of monastic life in Christianity, as exemplified by St. Anthony of Egypt (Anthony of Egypt, Saint) (c. 250–355). It consisted of a total… …
38Vallumbrosan Order — • Founded by St. John Gualbert, son of the noble Florentine Gualbert Visdomini Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Vallumbrosan Order Vallumbrosan Order …
39er|e|mit|i|cal — «EHR uh MIHT uh kuhl», adjective. = eremitic. (Cf. ↑eremitic) …
40coenobitic — coenobitical coenobiticaladj. of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living. Opposite of {eremitic}. Syn: cenobitic, cenobitical. [WordNet 1.5] || …
