Monastic in a sentence

Well known for its adherence to the Buddhist monastic codes, every year it attracts thousands of tourists eager to glimpse the peaceful monastic life of the more than 1,500 monks who reside and study Buddhist teachings there.

Adherents of both Edward and Æthelred can be seen appropriating, or recovering, monastic lands." citation Nevertheless, favour for Edward must have been strong among the monastic communities.

Dating shortly after the Palatine Chapel is a remarkable 9th-century Swiss manuscript known as the Plan of Saint Gall and showing a very detailed plan of a monastic complex, with all its various monastic buildings and their functions labelled.

In the 19th century many of these monastic societies were founded as Utopian communities based on the monastic model in many cases.

Local "congregations" were centred in the monastic community and monastic leaders were more like chieftains, as peers, rather than in the more hierarchical system of the Roman-dominated church.

One such work is John's early treatise Against Those Who Oppose the Monastic Life, written while he was a deacon (sometime before 386), which was directed to parents, pagan as well as Christian, whose sons were contemplating a monastic vocation.

On the Mount Athos there are areas such as the Skete of St Anne, which could be considered as monastic entities but are small "Sketes" (monastic houses containing one elder and 2 or 3 disciples) who come together in one church for services.

The cloister of Canterbury Cathedral with monastic buildings beyond Late Middle Ages: monastic and secular cathedrals During the 10th and 11th centuries, the cathedral clergy became more definitely organised and were divided into two classes.

The Cluniac and Cistercian Orders were prevalent in France, the great monastery at Cluny having established a formula for a well planned monastic site which was then to influence all subsequent monastic building for many centuries.

Lisa admitted the couple felt particularly low during the first Christmas they spent away from monastic life in 2015.

Monastic rehabilitation centers are crucial in facilitating the transformation process for individuals seeking to become monks after committing crimes.

Along the way, there are many attractions, such as the spectacular glacial valley of Glendalough with its sixth-century monastic village and the impressive Powerscourt Waterfall.

A monastic community founded in 589 AD by the patron saint of Wales, St David, the cathedral has since been restored and was rededicated by the Right Reverend Wyn Evans, Bishop of St Davids, on St Davids Day 2012.

At Mahee Island, Dr. Baccianti will guide you through the ruins of the monastic site of Nendrum, life in the monastery in the Middle Ages, and the role played by the Vikings in the Strangford Lough area between the 9th and 11th centuries.

Fixed the Monastic Robes stretching into a violent-looking point when you wake up on the beach after falling from the nautiloid.

From the very beginning of his monastic life, he gave himself up to the practice of an austerity so extreme that his brethren judged him to be unsuited to any form of community life.

However, in his pursuit of holiness, he abandoned the world for the monastic life and became an abbot for a monastery near Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul).

It had a strict hierarchical structure with two distinct paths: the secular clergy and the monastic.

The Dark Angels' primarch was Lion El'Jonson, who helped reinvigorate the Dark Angels and transformed the Space Marine legion into a knightly and almost monastic group.

These Apostles of Ireland gave its distinctive monastic character, which it was to retain for over six centuries.