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  • As a young man he was impressed by Christian MARTYRS and eventually had a great influence on the MONASTIC movement, especially in Egypt.

    Concise Dictionary of Religion 1993

  • It thrives in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia where it places its emphasis upon the role of the priesthood and attainment of ENLIGHTENMENT through strenuous spiritual exercises within the MONASTIC community.

    Concise Dictionary of Religion 1993

  • Similar rules are found in ISLAM and still other rules apply to PRIESTS in BUDDHISM, HINDUISM and MONASTIC Orders in CHRISTIANITY.

    Concise Dictionary of Religion 1993

  • The practice is common in MONASTIC Orders, and various other religious movements, also in BUDDHISM, CHRISTIANITY AND HINDUISM where it is highly prized.

    Concise Dictionary of Religion 1993

  • Altogether an agreeable picture of rural prosperity, though I had rather it had been the result of FREE LABOUR than of MONASTIC BOUNTY.

    The Valley of Decision Edith Wharton 1899

  • [Illustration: SCENE OF MONASTIC LIFE.] "Would you like to see it closer?" asked Hanno.

    Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German Charles Morris 1877

  • LEGENDS OF THE MONASTIC ORDERS as represented in the Fine Art.. Forming the Second Series of Sacred and Legendary Art. Each volume, 16mo, $1.25; the ten volumes, in box, $12.50; half calf,

    Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical 1827

  • English ANGLO-CATHOLIC theologian, BISHOP of Oxford and one of the founders of the ANGLICAN MONASTIC Order THE COMMUNITY OF THE RESURRECTION.

    Concise Dictionary of Religion 1993

  • From REGULARIS CONCORDIA: THE MONASTIC AGREEMENT, trans. by Dom Thomas Symons in Medieval Classics London, 1953, 1-3, 49-50.

    The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964

  • IN BLACK -- THE PRAYER OF DONA CONCEPCION ARGUELLO REALIZED -- MONASTIC

    The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate Eliza Poor Donner Houghton

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