friarhood
Monastic order membership
Friarhood is the state or condition of being a friar—a member of a mendicant religious order such as the Franciscans or Dominicans.
The term encompasses both the status itself and the collective body of friars: He entered friarhood at twenty-three.
Less common than similar formations like priesthood or brotherhood.
Religious seclusion dwelling
- abbeyMonastic house of worship
- cloisterCovered monastic walkway
- novitiateReligious training period
- tonsureRitual scalp shaving
habit · vows · celibacy · chastity · obedience · asceticism · hermitage · refectory
Deep, loyal commitment
- pietySincere religious devotion
- prayerAddress to deity
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
humility · poverty · preaching · confession · meditation · vespers · matins · liturgy
Mutual goodwill among companions
- communityCollective of connected people
- brethrenFellow group members
- confraternityLay religious association
- solidarityUnity among allies
companionship · order · congregation · kinship · camaraderie · unity · bond · common life
monastery
Religious seclusion dwelling
tonsure · habit · vows · celibacy · chastity · obedience · asceticism · hermitage · refectory · dormitory
devotion
Deep, loyal commitment
- pietySincere religious devotion
- prayerAddress to deity
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
holiness · humility · poverty · preaching · confession · meditation · vespers · matins · liturgy · sacrament
fellowship
Mutual goodwill among companions
- communityCollective of connected people
- brethrenFellow group members
- confraternityLay religious association
solidarity · companionship · order · congregation · kinship · camaraderie · unity · bond · common life · mutual aid
friarhoodlaity
Non-ordained church members
secular life · worldliness · civilian life · secularism · married life
friarhoodmonasticism
Cloistered religious living
monkhood · cloistered life · hermitage · monastic life · canonry
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