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Definition of Monachism
1. n. The system and influences of a monastic life; monasticism.
Definition of Monachism
1. Noun. monasticism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monachism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monachism
Literary usage of Monachism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The root-idea of monachism, in all ite varieties of age, creed, ... This definition
applies to all the forms of monachism which have left their mark on ..."
2. Woman's Work in the Church: Historical Notes on Deaconesses and Sisterhoods by John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow (1866)
"Female monachism therefore, under that aspect of its nature in which it develops
... But its growth is so essentially connected with that of male monachism, ..."
3. The History of Christianity: From the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of by Henry Hart Milman (1840)
"The influence of monachism upon the manners, opinions, and general character of
Christianity, as """' well as that of the Vulgate translation of ..."
4. The Essence of Christianity by Ludwig Feuerbach, George Eliot (1855)
"The celibate and monachism—of course only in their original, ... There is certainly
nothing concerning celibacy and monachism in the Bible ; and that is ..."
5. Texts and Studies, Contributions to Biblical and Patristic Literature by Joseph Armitage Robinson (1904)
"It is to be noted, then, that monachism developed along two lines in Egypt, ...
This was the form of monachism which by the end of the fourth century had ..."
6. Introduction to the History of Religions by Crawford Howell Toy (1913)
"Christian monachism, which appeared first in eremitic form (second century) ...
monachism has rendered valuable aid to Buddhism and Christianity by training ..."
7. A Manual of Church History: Ancient Church History, Comprising the First Six by Heinrich Ernst Ferdinand Guericke (1872)
"monachism in the East. monachism, a tendency not intrinsically Christian, but
Oriental ... 356) was the father of Christian hermit-life or monachism ; a man ..."
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