Monachism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Monasticism. countable, uncountable

    "That wealth and splendour have not the charms that you ascribe to them with the bulk of mankind, is evident even from the history of Monachism, one of the corruptions of christianity."

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monasticismabstinenceausteritybachelorhoodcelibacycontinence

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"That wealth and splendour have not the charms that you ascribe to them with the bulk of mankind, is evident even from the history of Monachism, one of the corruptions of christianity."

Etymology

From Late Latin monachus (“monk”) + -ism.

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