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votaries
A person, such as a monk or nun, who lives a religious life according to vows they have made
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novices
A person on probation in a religious group or order before taking vows; neophyte
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neophytes
A novice of a religious order or congregation.
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friars
The definition of a friar is a male member of a charitable Roman Catholic order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans and Franciscans.
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clerks
(Archaic) A clergyman
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brothers
A foster brother
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abbots
A man who is head of an abbey of monks
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recluses
A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.
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solitaries
Solitary confinement.
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hermits
A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
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priests
The definition of a priest is someone who performs religious rituals and rites for a church or other religious organization.
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  • The law includes with clerics, monks, deaconesses, nuns, ascetics; and the word " clerics " covered persons in minor orders, down to doorkeepers.

  • The emperor Justinian (483-565), in whose reign the greatness of the Eastern empire culminated, sent two Nestorian monks to China, who returned with eggs of the silkworm concealed in a hollow cane, and thus silk manufactures were established in the Peloponnesus and the Greek islands.

  • In 1086 the bishop of Sarum and the monks of Sherborne held the place, which seems to have been of fair size and an agricultural centre.

  • Of the elected members 3 are returned by the " black " clergy (the monks), 3 by the " white " clergy (seculars), 5 18 by the corporations of nobles, 6 by the academy of sciences and the universities, 6 by the chambers of commerce, 6 by the industrial councils, 34 by the governments having zemstvos, 16 by those having no zemstvos, and 6 by Poland.

  • In later times his regulations enjoyed a high reputation, and were adopted by the monks and nuns of Port Royal.

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