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Collectivities and groups > Organisations > Ecclesiastical and religious organisations > Monasteries

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2029Monasteries  

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  • Organised communities of persons who live in a specific place in partial or complete seclusion from society and pursue a religious and/or mystic lifestyle devoted to contemplative activities of prayer, study, self-searching, and manual labour. Monasteries are organised as institutions that dispose of -and manage- their own property (including buildings and dwellings for the performance of rituals and for the accommodation of their members), have a certain degree of administrative autonomy and are governed according to particular hierarchies and sets of rules.

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  • Johnston & Kleinhenz 2015

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  • Katsiadakis Helen (AA)

Creator

  • Tzedopoulos Giorgos (AA)

Notation

  • 2029

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https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/2029

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