abbots
Monastic male leaders
Abbots is the plural of abbot, the head of a monastery or abbey.
An abbot governs a community of monks, holding authority over their spiritual and administrative affairs: The abbots of the great medieval monasteries wielded considerable political power.
The title derives from the Aramaic word for father.
Religious seclusion dwelling
- cloisterCovered monastic walkway
- priorExisting before another
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- monkCloistered religious devotee
friar · scriptorium · refectory · hermitage · chapter house · dormitory · oblate · tonsure
Diocesan clergy head
- archbishopSenior prelate over province
- cardinalOf foremost importance
- popeCatholic Church's supreme leader
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
diocese · parish · ordination · consecration · prelate · vestments · mitre · crosier
Focused attention practice
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- prayerAddress to deity
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- pietySincere religious devotion
holiness · asceticism · fasting · silence · retreat · discernment · spiritual direction · mysticism
Legal authority's scope
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
chapter · pastoral · stewardship · discipline · counsel · succession · election · visitation
Monk following ancient rule
- TrappistMonk of austere order
- FranciscanMendicant order member
- DominicanPreaching order member
- AugustinianOf a fourth-century theologian
monastery
Religious seclusion dwelling
monk · friar · scriptorium · refectory · hermitage · chapter house · dormitory · oblate · tonsure · habit
bishop
Diocesan clergy head
- archbishopSenior prelate over province
- cardinalOf foremost importance
- popeCatholic Church's supreme leader
clergy · diocese · parish · ordination · consecration · prelate · vestments · mitre · crosier · cathedral
meditation
Focused attention practice
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- prayerAddress to deity
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
piety · holiness · asceticism · fasting · silence · retreat · discernment · spiritual direction · mysticism · humility
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
authority · chapter · pastoral · stewardship · discipline · counsel · succession · election · visitation · reform
Benedictine
Monk following ancient rule
- TrappistMonk of austere order
- FranciscanMendicant order member
- DominicanPreaching order member
vespers
Evening devotional service
sext · none · prime · chanting · Divine Office · breviary · antiphon · psalmody · choir · Mass
- Buddhist clergypatriarchs
- Buddhistsnovices
- medieval educationliberal arts, trivium, scriptorium, copying, religious instruction
- Orthodox Monksnovice, novices, cenobite, cenobites, anchorite
- Orthodox saintsSaint Nicholas, Saint George, Saint Basil, Saint Peter, Saint Paul
- Tudor ChurchThomas Cranmer, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas More, archbishops, bishops