contemplative order

noun

1. a religious order whose members are devoted to prayer rather than works.

Word History and Origins

Origin of contemplative order¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Aficionados still need to come to the abbey or its cafe to get their crate, giving the contemplative order a chance to bear witness too.

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Sister Marie Fahy lives in St Mary's Abbey, an enclosed contemplative order of nuns in Glencairn.

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There’s a contemplative order, a few nuns devoted to prayer, not works.

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While the number of women entering religious life has been in a steep decline since the mid-1960s, it is notable and even startling that a contemplative order like the Dominican Nuns of Summit — where the sisters live in cloister and practice a life of prayer — would be able to attract young, college-educated millennials.

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Yet even at the peak, a vocation to a contemplative order was pretty rare.

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