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Secularize

To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk.

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Transfer 76% connected

To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Secularization 74% connected

The act of rendering secular, or the state of being rendered secular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular; conversion from religious to la…

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Secularization 74% connected

The act of rendering secular, or the state of being rendered secular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular; conversion from religious to la…

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Abbey noun · 78% connection

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

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Ablution noun · 78% connection

A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as…

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Array noun · 78% connection

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

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Bonze noun · 78% connection

A Buddhist or Fohist priest, monk, or nun.

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Cloister verb · 78% connection

A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.

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Confessional noun · 78% connection

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

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Convertase noun · 78% connection

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

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Cure noun · 78% connection

Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish…

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Dom noun · 78% connection

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

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Ephod noun · 78% connection

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…

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Homology noun · 78% connection

The correspondence or resemblance of substances belonging to the same type or series; a similarity of composition varying by a small,…

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Imaum noun · 78% connection

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

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Irregular adjective · 78% connection

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

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Lama noun · 78% connection

In Thibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.

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March verb · 78% connection

TO cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as troops; to cause…

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Mash verb · 78% connection

To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or…

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Mediocre noun · 78% connection

A young monk who was excused from performing a portion of a monk's duties.

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Monachal adjective · 78% connection

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

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