Secularize: alternatives and connections

A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic buil…

The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.

Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.

A Buddhist or Fohist priest, monk, or nun.

An inclosed place.

The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the pr…

any of several enzymes that convert a compound into smaller, biologically-active compounds.; "There are four different C5 convertases…

Care, heed, or attention.

A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See Don, and Dan.

A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or b…

The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons.

Among the Mohammedans, a minister or priest who performs the regular service of the mosque.

Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable t…

See Llama.

The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

A mesh.

Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary.

Of or pertaining to monks or a monastic life; monastic.