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monachism
[ mon-uh-kiz-uhm ]
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- mona·chist adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of monachism1
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Example Sentences
The spirit of monachism is as distinguishable as if the cowled ghosts of the victims were actually seen flitting along the aisles.
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The two arms of the hierarchy by which the Middle Ages were governed had been chivalry and monachism.
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Though there were many good points in monachism, the Fathers were not slow to point out its defects.
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The thirteenth century saw the rise of a new class of religious orders, actuated by different views from monachism.
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Lrins, the great centre of monachism in Gaul, and Canterbury under Theodore, had been his schools.
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