Monasticism
(from μονάζειν, “to live alone”), a life devoted to worship, practiced by monks and nuns. Monasticism was an essential part of the social and religious fabric of the empire, affecting the life of every Byz. and playing a spiritual, economic, philanthropic, and cultural role. Initially a lay movement, monasticism first appeared in the late 3rd C. when Christians began to retire to the Egyptian ... ...
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