monkhood
Life of monks
Monkhood is the state or condition of being a monk—a life of religious devotion, typically involving vows of poverty, celibacy, and obedience.
The term parallels formations like priesthood or brotherhood: He entered monkhood at twenty-three.
It can also refer collectively to monks as a group: the monkhood of medieval Europe.
Clergy appointment ceremony
- novitiateReligious training period
- tonsureRitual scalp shaving
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- abbeyMonastic house of worship
friar · clergy · priesthood · habit · cloister · postulant · professed · mendicant
Focused attention practice
- prayerAddress to deity
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
vespers · matins · vigils · mantra · mindfulness · introspection · reflection · tranquility
Cosmic moral order
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- sanghaBuddhist religious community
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- samsaraCycle of rebirth
enlightenment · zen · piety · holiness · sanctity · transcendence · mysticism · devotion
Deliberate food avoidance
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
simplicity · frugality · mortification · penance · almsgiving · barefoot · begging · poverty
Person choosing total seclusion
- anchoriteReligious recluse in enclosure
- recluseOne choosing isolation
- eremiticPertaining to solitary life
- cellBasic unit of life
seclusion · isolation · withdrawal · desert fathers · silence · cave · wilderness · self-sufficiency
ordination
Clergy appointment ceremony
abbey · friar · clergy · priesthood · habit · cloister · postulant · professed · mendicant · brotherhood
meditation
Focused attention practice
stillness · vespers · matins · vigils · mantra · mindfulness · introspection · reflection · tranquility · serenity
dharma
Cosmic moral order
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- sanghaBuddhist religious community
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
samsara · enlightenment · zen · piety · holiness · sanctity · transcendence · mysticism · devotion · faith
fasting
Deliberate food avoidance
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
renunciation · simplicity · frugality · mortification · penance · almsgiving · barefoot · begging · poverty · humility
hermit
Person choosing total seclusion
- anchoriteReligious recluse in enclosure
- recluseOne choosing isolation
- eremiticPertaining to solitary life
cell · seclusion · isolation · withdrawal · desert fathers · silence · cave · wilderness · self-sufficiency · retreat
monkhoodlaity
Non-ordained church members
secular life · worldliness · married life · family life · secularism
monkhoodworldliness
Secular, experienced outlook
hedonism · carnality · materialism · sex · sensuality
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