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Monachal :: Monachal (a.) Of or pertaining to monks or a monastic life; monastic.

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

Religion :: Religion (n.) A monastic or religious order subject to a regulated mode of life; the religious state; as, to enter religion..

Secular :: Secular (n.) A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules..

Monastical :: Monastical (a.) Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules..

Derainment :: Derainment (n.) The renunciation of religious or monastic vows.

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

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

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

Oblati :: Oblati (n. pl.) Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic state.

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

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..

Congregation :: Congregation (n.) A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.

Regular :: Regular (a.) Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy..

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

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..

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..

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

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

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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