monks
I believe the answer to be monks
pray to their god
In the Catholic religion they are called Monasteries.
The monks who lived there and the Catholic Church which received some of the revenues from the monasteries and churches.
They lived in monasteries
8000 were closed men
Monks were, and are, men who are devoted to religious life. They live in buildings called monasteries. So monks are people are monasteries are buildings, so in that way they are not alike at all.
Priests often lived in rectories in the 1300s. Rectories were set aside for priests. They also lived in monasteries.
When they were home they lived as peasants, but when they were on a viking raid they attacked monasteries and villages and robbed them and took slaves with them home.
Brethren, Order, Brotherhood, Monastery, Monks (plural) etc eg. A large group of monks lived in the Abbey could become The Brethren of St John lived in the Abbey An Order of Monks lived in the Abbey, The Brotherhood of St Peter lived in the Abbey The Abbey was a large Monastery The Monks of St Anthony live in the Abbey etc
This two storey building was carved out of the rock surface. Notice the entrance to the rooms. Jaina monks lived and meditated in these rooms
A woman that has lived with 8 different men is a prostitute.