Monasticism

(noun.) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience.

整理:肯尼思

• To his influence is due the imposition of the Benedictine rule upon nearly the whole of Latin monasticism. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Tibet was more and more closely linked with China, and became the great home of Buddhism and Buddhist monasticism. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• There is an element of monasticism even in Plato's communism. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• One of the central figures in the story of the development of monasticism in Europe is Saint Benedict, who lived between 480 and 544. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

校对:威拉德