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  2. Monastic sign languages - Wikipedia

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    Modern Cistercian monks in England or the United States use a syntax derived "heavily, but not exclusively", from English, [6] while Cistercian monks in France loosely follow the syntax of the French language; at least as much as it is possible to do so, given the limited lexicon. [7]

  3. Hiberno-Latin - Wikipedia

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    It has been suggested that the unusual vocabulary of the poems was the result of the monks learning Latin words from dictionaries and glossaries which did not distinguish between obscure and common words; unlike many others in Western Europe at the time, the Irish monks did not speak a language descended from Latin.

  4. Sacred language - Wikipedia

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    A sacred language, holy language or liturgical language is a language that is cultivated and used primarily for religious reasons (like church service) by people who speak another, primary language in their daily lives. Some religions, or parts of them, regard the language of their sacred texts as in itself sacred.

  5. Monk - Wikipedia

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    Portrait depicting a Carthusian monk in the Roman Catholic Church (1446) Buddhist monks collecting alms. A monk (/ m ʌ ŋ k /; from Greek: μοναχός, monachos, "single, solitary" via Latin monachus) [1] [2] is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery. [3] A monk usually lives his life in prayer and contemplation ...

  6. List of monasteries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Abbey of New Clairvaux, a Roman Catholic monastery located in Vina. [18]Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery, an Eastern Orthodox monastery located in Castro Valley. [19]New Camaldoli Hermitage, a Benedictine monastery located in Big Sur.

  7. New Skete (New York) - Wikipedia

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    This enrichment program serves those who seek to integrate prayer and spirituality in their daily activities and enhances their commitment to their own Christian life. [3] In April 2007, the television show Divine Canine premiered on the cable television channel Animal Planet. The show featured the dog training program of the monks of New Skete ...

  8. Monasticism - Wikipedia

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    Monasticism (from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós) 'solitary, monastic'; from μόνος (mónos) 'alone'), also called monachism or monkhood, is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work.

  9. Monastic school - Wikipedia

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    Much of the great libraries and scriptoria that grew in monasteries were due to obligation of the monks to teach the young boys who came to them having been committed to the monastic life by their parents. [9] Cassiodorus (ca.480–ca.575) wrote a handbook for his monastery in which he recommends numerous pagan authors for studying by the monks.