It corresponds to the monasticism of Christianity. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Persia] Reference
Has monasticism been the cause of more good than evil?. From Wordnik.com. [Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Debate Index Second Edition] Reference
A more formal monasticism had developed by the time of. From Wordnik.com. [Life of St. Declan of Ardmore and Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore] Reference
Contrast the ideal of a chivalry with that of monasticism. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Scoffers and revilers of monasticism are a necessary evil. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals] Reference
Martin drew his inspiration for the monasticism of the West. From Wordnik.com. [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference
Benet Biscop, a strong supporter of Benedictine monasticism. From Wordnik.com. [k. The British Isles] Reference
There was a sort of monasticism in this conduct in Walter's eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Amos Huntingdon] Reference
He took the priesthood very seriously, monasticism very seriously. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther] Reference
MARTY: From -- well, departing from the vows of celibacy and monasticism. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther] Reference
And when monasticism was instituted, the resemblance was all the greater. From Wordnik.com. [PRIMITIVISM] Reference
The history of monasticism was the history of constantly renewed reforms. From Wordnik.com. [REFORMATION] Reference
In what non-Christian religions is monasticism an established institution?. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
To abdicate with the object of reigning seems to be the device of monasticism. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
Orthodox monasticism has an ancient tradition stretching back to the third-century. From Wordnik.com. [A Sacred Congregation] Reference
From the point of view of history, of reason, and of truth, monasticism is condemned. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
But none of the efforts at refor - mation within monasticism were of permanent dura - tion. From Wordnik.com. [REFORMATION] Reference
It is hardly too much to say that of the history of English monasticism Hallam knew nothing. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
The Crusades gave rise to great orders of knighthood that combined chivalry and monasticism. From Wordnik.com. [1202, Summer] Reference
During Charlemagne's reign it was made the only form of monasticism throughout his dominions. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
It was the influence of monasticism where monks and religious order people have to be celibate. From Wordnik.com. [God, Country, Notre Dame] Reference
The rule of St. Benedict, on which his fame rests, forms an epoch in the history of monasticism. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864] Reference
This emphasis on labor, as a religious duty, was a characteristic feature of western monasticism. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
BERNARD. 1090-1153 A.D. The whole spirit of medieval monasticism found expression in St. Bernard. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
A sixth-century merchant-sailor who later adopted monasticism, Cosmas boasted a hopelessly literal mind. From Wordnik.com. [Matt J. Rossano: How the Myth of the Flat-Earth Dogma Started the Religion-Science War] Reference
A great revival of monasticism began in 910 A.D., with the foundation of the monastery of Cluny in eastern France. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
St. Anthony, one of the primitive hermits, and the founder of monasticism, was born at Coma, in Upper Egypt, in A.D. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
We take it for granted that intelligent men do not oppose an institution as venerable as monasticism without reasons. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals] Reference
St. Anthony, the father of Eastern monasticism, to St. Benedict, the earliest legislator for the monasteries of the West. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861] Reference
Buddhist monasticism, and to the classical conception of a monk's way of life and its relation to the way of life of a layman. From Wordnik.com. [Buddhism and the Spirit Cults in North-east Thailand] Reference
Looking for the cause for this unnatural phenomenon, there are who see it in the spread of monasticism, with its vow of chastity. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals] Reference
Rule, as Patrick's quasi-monasticism, nearly two centuries previously, had been influenced by Pachomius and St. Basil, through Lerins. From Wordnik.com. [Life of St. Declan of Ardmore and Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore] Reference
Benedict, of course, chose the name Benedict in part to honor the founder of monasticism, St. Benedict, so this is a very special for him. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2008] Reference
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