monachism

The spirit of monachism is as distinguishable as if the cowled ghosts of the victims were actually seen flitting along the aisles.

The two arms of the hierarchy by which the Middle Ages were governed had been chivalry and monachism.

Though there were many good points in monachism, the Fathers were not slow to point out its defects.

The thirteenth century saw the rise of a new class of religious orders, actuated by different views from monachism.

Lrins, the great centre of monachism in Gaul, and Canterbury under Theodore, had been his schools.