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Where do monks and nuns live?
In a monastery or abbeyMonks live in monasteries, and nuns live in convents or in monasteries.
Where did monks and nuns live in the medieval times?
Monks lived in an abbey or priory (headed by an Abbot or Prior); nuns lived in a nunnery or convent headed by an Abbess or Prioress.
What did monks and nuns do during the middle ages?
Generally speaking, monks and nuns lived in monasteries or convents, and did very much the same sorts of things other people did in terms of raising food, cleaning, cooking, and so on. They did not have families, but spent their time in prayer and devotion instead. Many monks and nuns worked at specialized jobs, and there was a wide range of these from tending the sick and making medicine, to making cheese or wine, copying books, singing in choirs, educating people, and providing inns for pilgrims and other travelers, protecting travelers on the road, and even fighting wars. There are links below.
How did the monks and nuns improve life in the middle ages?
Monks and nuns contributed to the Middle Ages in many ways. One way was to care for the sick and poor. Another way was to build schools and teach at schools.
What is monasticism?
Monasticism is a life of living apart from society in order to better worship.
Who does the monks and nuns job naw?
Monks and nuns do the monks' and nuns' jobs now.
What do you call monks?
You just call Monks Monks and Nuns Nuns. They don't have any other names.
Who had more freedom monks or nuns?
nuns
What is the large church with a group of building occupied by a community of monks or nuns?
Monks - monastery. Nuns - convent.
Are there Buddhist nuns or only Buddhist monks?
Yes, there are Buddhist nuns as well as monks. They're known as Bhikkhuni.
How did monks and nuns spread byzantine influence?
Monks and nuns spread Byzantine influence through their missionary work.
What are characterics of nuns and monks in the renaissance?
Basically the same as they are today, monks and nuns are people who have dedicated their lives to praising God, they are bound to the three vows of Conversatio Morum, obedience and stability - as most monks and nuns are in the Benedictine tradition. If they are not Benedictine, for instance, Augustinians, they take the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Their day is spent in choir singing the Office, and they usually have some work to support themselves.
Who besides religious priests make special vows?
Regular diocesan priests make promises of celibacy and obedience to the Bishop. Members of Religious Orders (Nuns/Sisters and Friars/Monks) take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to their Superior/Abbott.
Are all monks and nuns kind?
No
What is a house for monks or nuns?
monasteries- the dwelling place of a community of monks
Did monks and nuns educate people?
Yes
What is the major rituals of Buddhism?
The ordination of monks and nuns and the bi-weekly recitation of the rules for monks and nuns. Some schools of Buddhism have additional rituals.
