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BROTHERS |
Monks |
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LAMAS |
Buddhist monks |
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MONASTERIES |
Monks’ homes |
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COWLS |
Monks’ hoods |
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ABBOT |
Monks' superior |
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MONASTERY |
House for monks |
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ORDER |
Fraternity of monks |
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MONKHOOD |
Monks, regarded collectively. |
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MONKERY |
A collective body of monks. |
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TONSURES |
Shaving of the head of monks |
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BETHLEMITE |
One of an extinct English order of monks. |
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ABBOTS |
Head monks have bad start in boats at sea |
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MONACHAL |
Of or pertaining to monks or a monastic life; monastic. |
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BENEDICTINE |
Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet. |
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SARABAITE |
One of certain vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in
the early church. |
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BROTHERHOOD |
An association for any purpose, as a society of monks;
a fraternity. |
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BERNARDINE |
Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the
Cistercian monks. |
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NOVICE |
One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns,
as a probationist. |
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MONKISH |
Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkish
manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude. |
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LOCUTORY |
A room for conversation; especially, a room in
monasteries, where the monks were allowed to converse. |
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CONVENT |
An association or community of recluses devoted to a
religious life; a body of monks or nuns. |
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GENERAL |
The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or
congregations under the same rule. |
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CAPUCHIN |
A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood,
resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks. |
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ABBESS |
A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of
nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have
over the monks. See Abbey. |
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CHAPTER |
An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other
clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church,
or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean. |