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Are there any synonyms for the word hot that begin with the letter c?
Yes, if you are talking about hot in the temperature sense: Spanish (but used in English at times): Caliente English: Calefacient Calefactory Calefactive Calorifacient Calorific
What was copied by monks in monastries?
Up to the 13th century the scriptorium (writing area) was usually in the north walk of the cloister. This area had the huge wall of the monastery church behind it to keep out the wind, a roof above and a south-facing view across the cloister Garth for maximum daylight.Scribes worked in individual carrels - wooden booths screened from their neighbours each side, but open at the rear and the front. This meant no distractions, since writing and illumination took intense concentration. Only if the weather turned exceptionally cold would the scribes be permitted to cease work and warm their hands in the calefactory (warming room).Later there was often a special room in monasteries which served as both a library and scriptorium; again daylight was crucial so windows had to be large and south-facing. Overhead suspended lamps might be used to brighten a gloomy day, but never candles - the risk of spilt wax or even fire burning documents and books was too great.
What is the difference between a mission and a monastery?
Technically, an abbey is a canonically erected and independent monastery with a required minimum of religious, either monks or nuns. The abbey would include a novitiate, guest house, choir, conference room, infirmary, kitchen, refectory, cells, dormitory, oratory, almonry, cellars, calefactory, locutory (or parlor) and a chapter house.A monastery refers to any place with religious men or women live in seclusion and lived a cloistered, contemplative life, and recite the Divine Office. Thus every abbey would be a monastery, but only some monastery would be abbeys.
Where monasterys luxurious?
No, definitely not.Stone walls were often elaborately decorated with carvings and some rooms (particularly the refectory and chapter house) might have painted designs on the walls, but monasteries were drafty, cold and sombre places.The only warmth allowed was in the calefactory (warming room) and in the Abbot's lodging; the dormitory, latrines, church, chapter house and other parts of the complex were unheated.Imagine being a monk, sleeping fully dressed in a reasonably warm bed (wooden frame, straw mattress, a single sheet and blanket) and being roused at around 2 am to go into the freezing cold church to sing Matins and Lauds. Some monasteries allowed the monks to wear layers of fur (pelices) under their habits.Luxury is about making yourself feel comfortable, relaxed and pampered - none of those things were permitted. Selfish and self-gratifying thoughts were sinful and monks were taught to put the worship of God at the front of everything, then the work of God and studying religious texts. Humility was the greatest personal characteristic - accepting hardship without complaint and putting youself last in all things.Luxury was a totally alien concept.
Words ending with the suffix - or?
trajectory, valedictory, accessory, hickory, mandatory, history, factory, satasfactory accessory accusatory additory adjudicatory adjuratory admonitory adulatory advisory aleatory allegory amatory ambulatory amelioratory amendatory annihilatory annunciatory anovulatory anticipatory antiregulatory antistory apospory applicatory appreciatory approbatory armory articulatory assimilatory auditory auscultatory benedictory calefactory calory cardiorespiratory castratory category celebratory certificatory chancellory chiccory chickory chicory circulatory circumlocutory citatory classificatory clearstory clerestory combinatory commendatory comminatory communicatory compensatory compulsory conciliatory conclusory condemnatory condolatory confabulatory confirmatory confiscatory congratulatory consecratory conservatory consistory consolatory constellatory consummatory contradictory contributory copulatory corroboratory Cory cosignatory crematory cursory damnatory declamatory declaratory decretory dedicatory defamatory delusory denigratory denunciatory depilatory depository deprecatory depreciatory depredatory derisory derogatory designatory desultory deviatory dextrorotatory dilatory directory discriminatory dispensatory dissatisfactory dissimilatory divinatory dormitory dory ejaculatory elusory enactory equilibratory escalatory ethnohistory exaggeratory excitatory exclamatory excretory exculpatory excusatory executory exhibitory exhortatory expiatory expiratory explanatory expletory explicatory exploratory expository expostulatory expurgatory extenuatory exterminatory extrasensory facilitatory factory feretory feudatory flavory fumatory fumitory gesticulatory glory gory gratulatory gustatory gyratory hallucinatory herbivory herstory heterospory hickory history homospory hortatory illusory immunomodulatory immunoregulatory imprecatory improvisatory incantatory incisory incriminatory incubatory inculpatory indicatory inflammatory informatory ingratiatory inhibitory initiatory innovatory inspiratory intercessory interdictory interjectory interlocutory interrogatory intersensory intimidatory introductory inundatory inventory investigatory invitatory invocatory isospory ivory judicatory juratory justificatory laboratory laudatory lavatory levorotatory libratory locomotory locutory lory maledictory mandatory manipulatory manufactory masticatory masturbatory mediatory memory microcirculatory midstory migratory minatory mitigatory modulatory monitory moory moratory multisensory multistory natatory negotiatory neurosecretory neurosensory nonauditory noncontradictory noncontributory nondiscriminatory nonexplanatory noninflammatory nonmigratory nonobligatory nonparticipatory nonsecretory nonstory nonsupervisory nugatory obfuscatory objurgatory oblatory obligatory observatory offertory olfactory oratory oscillatory osculatory osmoregulatory overcompensatory overstory ovulatory participatory pellitory perambulatory peremptory performatory perfunctory persecutory perspiratory pillory piscatory placatory possessory postcopulatory poststimulatory potatory precatory preceptory precopulatory precursory predatory predicatory preemptory prefatory prehistory premonitory preovulatory preparatory priory probatory profanatory prohibitory prolusory promissory promontory propitiatory protectory protohistory provisory psychohistory punitory purgatory purificatory recommendatory reconciliatory recriminatory rectory redemptory refectory reformatory refractory regulatory remuneratory renunciatory repertory repository reprobatory rescissory respiratory responsory retaliatory retributory revelatory reverberatory revisory rogatory rotatory saltatory salutatory satisfactory savory secretory seigniory seignory sensory signatory signiory signory somatosensory statutory stimulatory stipulatory story stridulatory suasory subcategory subinhibitory succory sudatory supererogatory supersensory supervisory suppletory supplicatory suppository suspensory territory theory thermoregulatory tory trajectory transitory translatory transmigratory understory undulatory unsatisfactory unsavory vainglory valedictory vanitory vapory ventilatory vibratory victory vindicatory vituperatory vomitory
What are words that have the root term?
verb decisive
