Benedictine
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Benedictine refers to the monastic order founded by Saint Benedict in the sixth century, following his Rule emphasizing prayer, work, and communal living.
As a noun, a Benedictine is a monk or nun of this order: The Benedictines have maintained the abbey for centuries.
As an adjective, it describes things related to the order: Benedictine spirituality, a Benedictine monastery. (Lowercase benedictine is the liqueur.)
monk
Cloistered religious devotee
cloister · vows · habit · scriptorium · vespers · novice · prior · abbot · contemplative · liturgy
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- monasticismabbeys, abbey, abbots, abbot, cloister
- American Catholicismarchdiocese, parish council, archdioceses, Catholic school, Catholic schools
- Catholic historypapacy, Vatican, Pope, dioceses, Catholic Church
- Catholicsparishioners, parishioner, communicant, archbishops, lapsed Catholic
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Mendicant order member
Dominican · mendicant · Carmelite · friar · Augustinian
Benedictinelayperson
Non-specialist or unordained person
secular · layman · laywoman · non-religious · householder
- Benedictine monksCatholic religious order members