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friar collapse: a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms

monk collapse: a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work; United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)

pilgrim collapse: someone who journeys in foreign lands; someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion; one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620

celibate collapse: an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity; abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests"

Benedictine collapse: a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks; a monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict; of or relating to the Benedictines; of or relating to Saint Benedict or his works

Dominican collapse: a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order; of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order; "Dominican monks"; of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people; "the Dominican population"

postulant collapse: one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order

religious collapse: a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience; having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity; "a religious man"; "religious attitude"; concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; "religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs"; extremely scrupulous and conscientious; "religious in observing the rules of health"

Franciscan collapse: a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order; of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him; "Franciscan monks"

brother collapse: a male with the same parents as someone else; "my brother still lives with our parents"; (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address; "a Benedictine Brother"; a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion of other group); "none of his brothers would betray him"; used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement; "Greetings, comrade!"

cloistered collapse: providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"; of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

ascetic collapse: practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"; pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices"

sister collapse: a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group; "none of her sisters would betray her"; (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); "the Sisters taught her to love God"; a female person who has the same parents as another person; "my sister married a musician"

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