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* The
female of
monk. * A member of a religious
order or a group of women living under the vows
of poverty, chastity and obedience. With the dissemination of Christian
ideals in the apostolic age, many widows and virgins separated themselves
from society to worship God, initially in seclusion and later in communal
groups (1 Tim. 5:9-10).
* See also: Monastery | Nunnery, Synaxis, Pilgrim | Wanderer, Coenobitic discipline, Communal Order, archmandrite, Kolonsowa, Iskeem | Leather Belt, Hermit, Faragia, Cell, Cenobium.
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