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Religious :: Religious (n.) A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun..

Cloister :: Cloister (v. t.) A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.

Monasticon :: Monasticon (n.) A book giving an account of monasteries.

Monkery :: Monkery (n.) The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach.

Secularize :: Secularize (v. t.) To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk..

Infirmarian :: Infirmarian (n.) A person dwelling in, or having charge of, an infirmary, esp. in a monastic institution..

Obedience :: Obedience (n.) One of the three monastic vows.

Secular :: Secular (a.) Not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious community; as, a secular priest..

Monasticism :: Monasticism (n.) The monastic life, system, or condition..

Tertiary :: Tertiary (n.) A member of the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite tertiaries. See Third Order, under Third..

Conventual :: Conventual (a.) Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic.

Religieux :: Religieux (n. m.) A person bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk.

Monkish :: Monkish (a.) Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkish manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude..

Secularization :: Secularization (n.) The act of rendering secular, or the state of being rendered secular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular; conversion from religious to lay or secular possession and uses; as, the secularization of church property..

Monasterial :: Monasterial (a.) Of or pertaining to monastery, or to monastic life..

Abbey :: Abbey (n.) A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings..

Monachism :: Monachism (n.) The system and influences of a monastic life; monasticism.

Monastic :: Monastic (a.) Alt. of Monastica.

Dom :: Dom (n.) A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See Don, and Dan..

Provincial :: Provincial (n.) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order..

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