Some even laid aside the monastic habit altogether, and assumed a secular dress.

" Some monastic families recognize one abbey as the motherhouse of the entire order.

Some of the Syriac terms that Ephrem used to describe his community were later used to describe monastic communities, but the assertion that he was monk is anachronistic.

Some other religions also include monastic elements, most notably Buddhism, but also Hinduism and Jainism, though the expressions differ considerably.

Some may be named after this obscure pontiff, but most take their regnal name from Saint Benedict of Nursia, the founder of the Benedictine monastic movement.

Some of the lower parts of the monastic dormitory, an extension of the South Transept, survive in the Norman Undercroft of the Great School, including a door said to come from the previous Saxon abbey.

Some Orthodox monastic leaders that are critical of monasteries that are too large, arguing that they become institutions and lose the intensity of spiritual training that can better be achieved when an elder has only 2 or 3 disciples.

Some time before 1144, a monastic order began using Looe Island, and built a chapel there ; the monks may have provided a rudimentary lighthouse service using beacons.

Some members of strict monastic orders, and some members of the lay organization Opus Dei, practice mild self-flagellation using an instrument called a " discipline ", a cattail whip usually made of knotted cords, which is flung over the shoulders repeatedly during private prayer.

Some Anglican religious communities are contemplative, some active, but a distinguishing feature of the monastic life among Anglicans is that most practice the so-called " mixed life.

Some of the exhibitions include Ogham stones, artifacts from the excavations at the nearby monastic site of Riasc ( Reask ) and objects on loan from the National Museum of Ireland.

Some parts of the old priory were incorporated into the house by James Wyatt, including the undercroft of the monastic refectory, featuring two aisles, seven bays and a rib-vaulted ceiling, which he repurposed as a beer cellar below the dining room and drawing room.

Some modern scholars argue that the first split occurred in the intervening period between the second and third councils, and was probably about monastic discipline.

Some authors suggest that the tradition of wearing a reduced form of a non-monastic scapular started in the 11th century with Saint Peter Damian and the monastic scapular was gradually transformed from an item of clothing that was part of the habit of monks and nuns to a smaller sacramental item that expressed devotion by individuals, called oblates, who lived in the world, but wished to be affiliated with a monastery.

Some of the monastic buildings were turned into stables.

Some Anglican religious communities are contemplative, some active, but a distinguishing feature of the monastic life among Anglicans is that most practice the so-called " mixed life ," a combination of a life of contemplative prayer with active service.

Some disciplines — Zen for example, and monastic schools such as Sufism — seek to overcome such conditioned realities by returning to less thoughtful and channeled states of mind.

Some of the churches and other monastic buildings are still affiliated with the State Historical Museum.

Some exercised power as abbesses, exerting widespread influence across the early English Church, although their wealth and authority diminished with the monastic reforms of the 9th century.

Some few miles downstream from Graiguenamanagh the ruins of the ancient monastic establishment at St. Mullins are situated in an area of great beauty and historic interest.

Some ceremonies differ from the later Tridentine Mass, though they are not unknown in other forms of the Western Rite: the offering of the bread and wine was ( as in the Dominican and other rites ) made by one act ; in common with many monastic rites, after the Elevation the celebrant stood with his arms outstretched in the form of a cross ; the Particle was put into the chalice after the Agnus Dei.

Some of the churches and other monastic buildings are still affiliated with the State Historical Museum.

Some of these monastic caves had shrines in them of Buddha, bodhisattvas and saints.

Some commentators thought that this tour hoped to reach out to rugby communities in Australia, as rugby league ( infamously ) started in Australia in 1908.

Some communities have developed their own " Local Exchange Trading Systems " ( LETS ) and local currencies, such as the Ithaca Hours system, to encourage economic growth and an enhanced sense of community.

Some communities share both location and other attributes.

Some of the first British-sanctioned settlers to the island following the Seven Years ' War were Irish, although upon settlement, they merged with local French communities to form a culture rich in both music and tradition.

Some religious communities regard sin as a crime ; some may even highlight the crime of sin very early in legendary or mythological accounts of origins — note the tale of Adam and Eve and the theory of original sin.

Some European communities, claims Lemon, consider the Roma people to be of low caste.

Some virtual communities explicitly refer to the concept of cyberspace, for example Linden Lab calling their customers " Residents " of Second Life, while all such communities can be positioned " in cyberspace " for explanatory and comparative purposes ( as did Sterling in The Hacker Crackdown, followed by many journalists ), integrating the metaphor into a wider cyber-culture.

Some chaparral plant communities may grow so dense and tall that it becomes difficult for large animals and humans to penetrate, but may be teeming with smaller fauna in the understory.

Although noting in the introduction to ' The Protestors ' that ' Some recorded herein perhaps did not have " all the truth " — so the writer has been reminded ', Eyre nevertheless claimed that the purpose of the work was to ' tell how a number of little-known individuals, groups and religious communities strove to preserve or revive the original Christianity of apostolic times ', and that ' In faith and outlook they were far closer to the early springing shoots of first century Christianity and the penetrating spiritual challenge of Jesus himself than much that has passed for the religion of the Nazarene in the last nineteen centuries '.

Some diaspora communities maintain strong political ties with their homeland.

Some models and empirical studies, however, suggest that disturbances can stabilize the coevolution and shared niche occupancy of similar species inhabiting species-rich communities.

Some Protestant communities including most Lutheran churches practice closed communion and require catechetical instruction for all people before receiving the Eucharist.

Some newspapers carry " gossip columns " which detail the social and personal lives of celebrities or of élite members of certain communities.

Some differences in Halakha itself are found among Ashkenazi, Mizrahi, Sephardi, and Yemenite Jews, which are reflective of the historic and geographic diversity of various Jewish communities within the Diaspora.

Some communities prefer to create virtual insurance amongst themselves by other means than contractual risk transfer, which assigns explicit numerical values to risk.

Some Christians believe insurance represents a lack of faith and there is a long history of resistance to commercial insurance in Anabaptist communities ( Mennonites, Amish, Hutterites, Brethren in Christ ) but many participate in community-based self-insurance programs that spread risk within their communities.

Some consider the current existing anarchist nature of communities in Argentina and the Zapatista councils in Mexico to be anarcho-communist.

Some of the more notable communities exist in the South Korea, the United States, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom.

Some Oromo writers believe that the Oromo Ras Gobena and the Amhara Menelik II were the first two people in Ethiopia with the concept of national boundary that brought various different ethno-linguistic communities under a politically and militarily centralized rule.

Some researchers have explored the benefits of enabling virtual communities to self-organize and introduce incentives for resource sharing and cooperation, arguing that the social aspect missing from today's P2P systems should be seen both as a goal and a means for self-organized virtual communities to be built and fostered.

Some communities saw decreased social problems and others did not.