In England, the " Black Monks " ( Benedictines ) were reported by some writers to have made but slight use of lay brothers, finding the service of paid attendants more convenient.

The general idea of lay people affiliated to religious orders, as seen in the Benedictine Oblates or confraters ( Taunton, " Black Monks of St. Benedict ", London, 1897, I, 60-63 ; for Norbertines cf.

Monks and nuns in the NKT-IKBU abandon the physical signs of a lay person by shaving their head and wearing the maroon and yellow robes of an ordained person.

Monks who do not return to lay life typically specialize in either scholarship or meditation.

Monks may not by prescription acquire the possessions of churches and of bishops.

Monks and nuns may own only the barest minimum of possessions due to their samaya as renunciates ( ideally, three robes, an alms bowl, a cloth belt, a needle and thread, a razor for shaving the head, and a water filter ).

He was a member of the Knights of St. Francis of Wycombe, also known as the Hellfire Club or the Medmenham Monks, and was the instigator of a prank that may have hastened its dissolution.

However, they are closer to the mainland further up the road northwards towards Bamburgh and excellent views may be seen from here, in the vicinity of the Monks House Rocks, as well as from Bamburgh Castle and beach.

Poe may have also seen similar themes in Honoré de Balzac's " Le Grande Bretêche " ( Democratic Review, November 1843 ) or his friend George Lippard's The Quaker City ; or The Monks of Monk Hall ( 1845 ).

Monks who have studied outside of Zanskar may know Tibetan, and some Zanskaris know enough English to be able to communicate with tourists.

Monks may progress through four hôkai ( dharma ranks ) with some time requirements of months or years between ranks.

" Also the Tenctonese third gender, the ' Binnaum ,' appear to live in a style similar to Buddhist Monks and may be considered a Religion on their own.

Monks may also practice herbalism to create potions which have similar effect to their spells.

The double monasteries already existing my continue … but must observe the following ordinance: Monks and nuns may not reside in one building, for living together gives occasion for incontinence.

Further east, off the Whitby Road, is the Monks ' Pond, which was used by the canons as a fish pond.

The tomb lies on the line of several cairns that marked the east-west route of the ancient Monks ' Path between Buckfast Abbey and Tavistock Abbey and it was no doubt erected here as part of that route: it would have been particularly useful in this part of the moor with few landmarks where a traveller straying from the path could easily end up in Foxtor Mires.

He prepared for death by retiring to his cave on the mountain-side overlooking the Trebbia, where, according to a tradition, he had dedicated an oratory to Our Lady ( Montalembert, " Monks of the West ", II, 444 ).

The Book of Kells, a world-famous manuscript produced by Celtic Monks in AD 800 and an example of Insular art, is on display in Trinity College.

Monks from the community of Iona settled on the island.

During a battle with the Headless Monks on the asteroid, he is mortally wounded and dies.

According to the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks ( 645 ) by Daoxuan, Shaolin Monastery was built on the north side of Shaoshi, the central peak of Mount Song, one of the Sacred Mountains of China, by Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty in 477.

* The Chinese Buddhist monk Huiyuan, who founded the Pure Land Buddhism sect and the monastery on Mount Lushan, writes the book On Why Monks Do Not Bow Down Before Kings in this year.

* Shaolin Temple is founded ( according to the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks ( 645 ) by Dàoxuān, the monastery is built on the north side of Shaoshi, the western peak of Mount Song, one of the four Sacred Mountains of China, by emperor Xiao Wen Di of the Northern Wei Dynasty in 477.

During their Tonsure ( religious profession ), Eastern Orthodox Monks and Nuns are given a prayer rope, with the words: Accept, O brother ( sister ) ( name ), the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God ( Ephesians 6: 17 ) in the everlasting Jesus prayer by which you should have the name of the Lord in your soul, your thoughts, and your heart, saying always: " Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.

The memoir Songs of Three Islands by Millicent Monks is a meditation on how BPD affects several generations of the wealthy Carnegie family.

Immerglück ( of the Ophelias and the Monks of Doom ) joined in 1990 for touring behind the record, playing some of the departed Molla and Segel's instrumental parts on steel guitar, guitar and mandolin.

Since 1996, The Raincoats have played some special events such as Robert Wyatt's Meltdown in 2001, at Chicks on Speed's 99 Cents album release in Berlin in December 2003. da Silva and Birch recently recorded a cover version of " Monk Chant " for a compilation album of The Monks songs called Silver Monk Time, and performed the song live with the Monks in the Volksbuehne, Berlin in October 2006.

Monks would certainly have travelled the natural route of the Clyde and Tweed valleys on their way between the religious centres of Iona and Holy Island.

Monks Wood Experimental Station, which helped set up was perhaps the first to examine the effect of toxic chemicals on wildlife.

For example from the same session in 1905 the matrices of the famed Music Hall star Victoria Monks were either issued on full priced Gramophone Company recordings or the much cheaper Zonophone label-with no technical differences ( or indeed popularity of song ).

The parishes lie between Monks Risborough and Ellesborough and, like other parishes on the north side of the Chilterns, were strip parishes, long and narrow, including a section of the scarp and extending into the vale below.

Moving away from the patterns of song structure and melody of much rock music in America and Britain, some in the movement also drove the music to a more mechanical and electronic sound ( a group of 5 expatriate Americans, The Monks, who toured playing beat music clubs throughout Germany, were also exploring this industrial / mechanical sound, as evidenced on their 1965 German-only release LP " Black Monk Time ").

Monks bringing food to Kōbō Daishi on Mount Kōya, as they believe he is not dead but rather meditating.

Though he finds being affectionate in public embarrassing and is divided on disliking Sybil's status as a noble, it is clear that Vimes loves his wife dearly ; indeed when he was trapped in the past alone in a world he no longer recognised, the History Monks gave him a silver cigar case his wife had bought him to inspire him to continue with his mission.

In a similar way to the " procrastinator " cylinders of the History Monks, pyramids on the Discworld can redirect the flow of time like a dam in a river.

Other difference between Svetambar ( Now also Called as Murtipujak ) and Sthankvasi is that the saints ( Monks ) of Murtipujak don't wear white cloth ( White cloth called as Mupathi ) on Mouth, they hold it in hand.

Despite conflicting testimony by various expert witnesses, the judge defined Mrs. Monks ' race by relying on the anatomical " expertise " of a surgeon.

Likewise ... as a descendant of a negro she is prohibited from marrying a Caucasian or a descendant of a Caucasian ...." The Arizona anti-miscegenation statute thus prohibited Monks from contracting a valid marriage in Arizona, and was therefore an unconstitutional constraint on her liberty.

* Quit Monks or Die ( animal rights mystery ), Story Line Press, 1999

Monks, as a rule, were laymen, nor at the outset was the abbot any exception.

251 – 356 ), also known as Saint Anthony, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony of Thebes, Abba Antonius ( Ἀββᾶς Ἀντώνιος ), and Father of All Monks, was a Christian saint from Egypt, a prominent leader among the Desert Fathers.

Monks were taken to Male and beheaded, The Satihirutalu ( the chattravali or chattrayashti crowning a stupa ) were broken to disfigure the numerous stupasm and the statues of Vairocana, the transcendent Buddha of the middle world region, were destroyed ; and the destruction was not limited to sculptures.

The History Monks appear in Terry Pratchett's Thief of Time and explain anachronisms in the Discworld ( such as Elizabethan theatre existing simultaneously with opera ) by describing how history was previously destroyed by a magical clock and they have been haphazardly attempting to reconstruct it.

" He was disillusioned with the glory of death in combat after being mortally wounded while fighting the Headless Monks at the Battle of Demons Run, though, and he firmly corrected fellow nurse Rory Williams when the Doctor's companion called him a warrior, telling him, " I'm a nurse.

In May of that year, he was next accused of extorting 100 shillings from Margaret King and William Hales of Monks Kirby, and, the next August, of committing the same injury against John Mylner, for 20 shillings.

The circumference of the 10-story-high Monks Mound at Cahokia was larger than that of the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan or the Great Pyramid in Egypt.

The oldest recorded sparkling wine is Blanquette de Limoux, which was apparently invented by Benedictine Monks in the Abbey of Saint Hilaire, near Carcassonne in 1531.

Historically the land was reclaimed from the river and sea by the monks of Sandwich and the northern boundary is still the old Monks ' wall of the 13th century.

Monks or nuns who were handicapped or infirm were marked out for more generous treatment, and care was taken throughout that there should be nobody cast out of their place unprovided for ( who might otherwise have increased the burden of charity for local parishes ).

The show was to be directed by renowned director Chris Monks.

Most likely Dionysius was also of local Thraco-Roman origin, like Vitalian's family to whom he was related, and to the rest of the Scythian Monks and other Thraco-Roman personalities of the era ( Justin I, Justinian, Flavius Aetius, etc.

The club was founded in 1928 and in 1996 moved to a new purpose-built ground at Monks Lane, which has since hosted England U21 fixtures.

The land was then donated to the Benedictine Monks of Saint Vincent's Arch-abbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, for the establishment of a religious community and school.

It was founded by a group of monks from Whitland Abbey, at a time of very fast expansion of the Cistercians, the White Monks.

However, as for the clergy and people of Constantinople an Arian was not eligible to become an emperor, at the news of the appointment riots broke out in the city hippodrome, led by the head of the Sleepless Monks, Marcellus: Aspar and Leo had to promise to the bishops that Patricius would convert to Orthodoxy before becoming emperor, and only after the conversion he would have married Leontia.

Krummenacher, Lisher, Pedersen and Molla also formed the side project Monks of Doom, although Molla was quickly replaced therein by guitarist David Immerglück.

On the tour for the album, the band was also joined by steel guitarist / mandolinist / guitarist David Immerglück, a member of CVB's side project Monks of Doom.

In the early 18th century they planted an oval-shaped double avenue of trees, known as the Monks ' Walk, where stonework recovered from mid-19th century excavations was deposited.