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... lived alone , or apart from others . In its sense of a religious devotee the word is a Christian coinage of the early fourth century , restricted at first to an anchorite or hermit , but applied in a very short time to all who ' left ...
... lived alone , or apart from others . In its sense of a religious devotee the word is a Christian coinage of the early fourth century , restricted at first to an anchorite or hermit , but applied in a very short time to all who ' left ...
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... lived a life in which the Office and manual work , largely gardening , occupied most of the day ; the heavier work was done by brothers . The regime was austere , and many lived lives of devoted piety . After the fall of Constantinople ...
... lived a life in which the Office and manual work , largely gardening , occupied most of the day ; the heavier work was done by brothers . The regime was austere , and many lived lives of devoted piety . After the fall of Constantinople ...
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... lived by monks . It does not require much imagination to realise that this is not an easy task . A hora- rium is a basic essential , but how little does this tell us of the life as lived by the individual . It is only when we have ...
... lived by monks . It does not require much imagination to realise that this is not an easy task . A hora- rium is a basic essential , but how little does this tell us of the life as lived by the individual . It is only when we have ...
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