monachism
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This was a pest which had afflicted the Church ever since the rise of monachism in the fourth century, and it continued unabated.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
The spirit of monachism is as distinguishable as if the cowled ghosts of the victims were actually seen flitting along the aisles.
From How to Observe Morals and Manners by Harriet Martineau
If so, but not otherwise, you may then embrace the duties of monachism.
From The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
But in the West, monachism assumed very different forms, and exercised far higher functions.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
The most famous work of this description is that by Athanasius of Alexandria, viz. the biography of St Anthony, the founder of monachism.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
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