contemplative order
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of contemplative order
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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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.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2023
Sister Marie Fahy lives in St Mary's Abbey, an enclosed contemplative order of nuns in Glencairn.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2018
Sister Sancho Herreros lived there with six other members of the contemplative order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, founded in 1610 in France.
From New York Times • May 2, 2013
When the nuns are members of a contemplative order, the outlook is bleak indeed.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were no longer to he permitted to devote their lives to solitary prayer, and every contemplative order was suppressed.
From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
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