monachal

monachal

(ˈmɒnəkəl)
adj
(Ecclesiastical Terms) a less common word for monastic
[C16: from Old French, from Church Latin monachālis, from monachus monk]
ˈmonachism n
ˈmonachist adj, n
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Therese had appeared herself in her brown garb and as monachal as ever.
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Her thin hands were lying on her lap, her facial immobility had in it something monachal. "In Russia," she went on, "all knowledge was tainted with falsehood.
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and one would betake onelsef to a cell to make their monachal devotion endure in that 'uzla." (23)
QUIETISM AND END-TIME RECLUSION IN THE QUR'AN AND HADITH: AL-NABULUSI AND HIS BOOK TAKMIL AL-NU'UT WITHIN THE 'UZLA GENRE
Monachal culture, dominated by temptations and demons, developed an optimistic perspective of the salvation of the individual: "Penitence is the daughter of reliance and the abjuration of despair." (John of the Ladder 1864: col.
Paterikon Fathers on period-related penitence
The Neamt Monastery is the most ancient monachal emplacement in Moldavia, as a result of monastical heritage left by Petru Mu[section]at, Alexander the Good and Stephen the Great.
The resources and the main touristic destinations in the north-eastern developing region of Romania
"Rtsod pa: The Monachal Disputation in Tibet", Indo-Iranian Journal, Vol.8, 1964.
Introduction to Tibetan bsdus grwa logic

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