Pachomius
noun
Saint, a.d. 292?–348?, Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
Pachomian
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a word derived from
Pachomius.
Example Sentences
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Poverty, vow of, in Pachomian rule, 61; Franciscans quarrel over, 246; and the Scriptures, 376.
From A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Alfred Wesley Wishart
O Obedience, vow of, in Pachomian rule, 61; enforced by Basil, 66; among the Jesuits, 266; Loyola on, 267; Dom Guigo on, 383; its value and its abuses, 384.
From A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Alfred Wesley Wishart
The Pachomian monks despised possessions of every kind.
From A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Alfred Wesley Wishart
L Labor, manual, Jerome on, 59; in Pachomian rule, 60; Hill on benefits of, 142; among the Benedictines, 147, 404; Benedict on, 403; effect of Mendicants on, 404; not to be despised, 420.
From A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Alfred Wesley Wishart
Pachomian Monks, rules of, 58; vows, 61; their number and spread, 63.
From A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Alfred Wesley Wishart
