monastic vow
Oath of renunciation
A monastic vow is a solemn promise made by a person entering religious life, typically in a monastery or convent.
The classic vows are poverty, chastity, and obedience—renouncing personal property, sexual activity, and self-will.
These vows bind the person to their religious community and way of life, often permanently: She took her monastic vows at twenty-three and never looked back.
- ChristianityFaith based on Jesus
- povertySevere lack of resources
- vow of povertyPledge to forsake wealth
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- BuddhismEnlightenment-seeking Eastern religion
chastity · stability · celibacy · meditation · devotion · obedience · renunciation · humility · tonsure · prayer · daily prayer · simplicity · profession · fasting · detachment · silence · communal living · Catholicism
- monasticismabbeys, abbey, abbots, abbot, cloister
- chastitychastity, celibacy, virginity, abstinence, purity
- creedsNicene Creed, Apostles' Creed, Athanasian Creed, creed, credo
monastic vowgentleman's agreement
Informal pact based on trust
verbal agreement · handshake deal · empty promise · lip service · whim
monastic vowmaterialism
Prioritizing goods over spirit
epicureanism · hedonism · libertinism · worldliness · sensual pleasure
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