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Monasticism refers to a religious way of life that involves withdrawal from ordinary society to pursue spiritual goals through prayer, contemplation, and service. Participants may live in a monastery or adopt a hermit’s solitary lifestyle, depending on the tradition. Core features typically include vows or commitments such as poverty, chastity, and obedience, or their equivalents, along with a disciplined daily routine of work, study, and worship.
Monastic life can be cenobitic, centered on a community, or eremitic, focused on solitary practice. Some orders
Historically, monastic institutions have served as centers of learning, manuscript preservation, cultural production, and charitable activity.
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