Benedictines
Monastery-dwelling religious order
Benedictines are members of monastic communities following the Rule of Saint Benedict, a sixth-century guide emphasizing prayer, work, and communal living.
The order established monasteries across medieval Europe that became centers of learning and manuscript preservation.
Benedictine also names a French herbal liqueur originally produced by Benedictine monks: After dinner, he ordered a Benedictine.
Religious seclusion dwelling
- abbeyMonastic house of worship
- cloisterCovered monastic walkway
- monkCloistered religious devotee
- nunHebrew alphabet's fourteenth
habit · vespers · matins · liturgy · scriptorium · refectory · chapter house · novitiate
Handwritten or typed originals
- illuminationProvision of light
- copyingReproducing something exactly
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- libraryBook collection or building
learning · education · schools · theology · translation · chronicles · calligraphy · scriptorium
Compliance with authority
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- humilityFreedom from arrogance
- moderationAvoidance of excess
- communityCollective of connected people
discipline · prayer · work · hospitality · balance
monastery
Religious seclusion dwelling
nun · habit · vespers · matins · liturgy · scriptorium · refectory · chapter house · novitiate · oblate
Trappists
Cloistered monastic order
manuscripts
Handwritten or typed originals
- illuminationProvision of light
- copyingReproducing something exactly
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
library · learning · education · schools · theology · translation · chronicles · calligraphy · scriptorium
obedience
Compliance with authority
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- humilityFreedom from arrogance
- moderationAvoidance of excess
community · discipline · prayer · work · hospitality · balance
herbal
Relating to medicinal plants
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- church historychurch history, apostles, Protestant Reformation, Christian history, baptism
- monasticismabbeys, abbey, abbots, abbot, cloister
- American Catholicismarchdiocese, parish council, archdioceses, Catholic school, Catholic schools
- asceticsascetic, ascetics, hermit, hermits, recluse
- Benedictine monksCatholic religious order members