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ABBEY |
Religious house |
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PRIORY |
Religious house |
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NUNNERY |
Religious house |
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MONASTERY |
Religious house |
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PROVISOR |
The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house. |
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CELL |
A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent. |
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EXEAT |
A license for absence from a college or a religious house. |
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NOVITIATE |
Hence: Time of probation in a religious house before
taking the vows. |
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MOTHER |
The female superior or head of a religious house, as an
abbess, etc. |
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CONVENT |
A house occupied by a community of religious recluses;
a monastery or nunnery. |
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FERMERERE |
The officer in a religious house who had the care of the
infirmary. |
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NOVICE |
One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns,
as a probationist. |
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PRECEPTORY |
A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate
to the temple or principal house of the order in London. See
Commandery, n., 2. |
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RECTOR |
The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious
house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary
or college. |
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RETREAT |
A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a
religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as,
to appoint or observe a retreat. |
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CORODY |
An allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey
or other religious house for the sustenance of such of the king's
servants as he may designate to receive it. |