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Knighton Matt's Word of The Day

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Which leads to: Cenbitic & Anchoretic now there's two words I've never heard before.

A monastery is the habitation of monks. Originally: a hermit's cell. Christian monasteries are also called abbey, priory, charterhouse, friary, and preceptory, while the habitation of nuns can also be called a convent. The communal life of a monastery is called cenobitic, as opposed to the anchoretic (or anchoritic) life of an hermit.

Etymology

The word monastery comes from the Greek "monasterion", from the root "monos" = one, or alone (originally all Christian monks were hermits).In England the word monasterium was also applied to the habitation of a bishop and the cathedral clergy who lived apart from the lay community. Thus in English-language usage, cathedrals, which were never monasteries, developed names such as York Minster, and abbeys could likewise be termed "minster" such as Westminster Abbey. See the entry cathedral.

Posted

Which leads to: Cenbitic & Anchoretic now there's two words I've never heard before.

A monastery is the habitation of monks. Originally: a hermit's cell. Christian monasteries are also called abbey, priory, charterhouse, friary, and preceptory, while the habitation of nuns can also be called a convent. The communal life of a monastery is called cenobitic, as opposed to the anchoretic (or anchoritic) life of an hermit.

Etymology

The word monastery comes from the Greek "monasterion", from the root "monos" = one, or alone (originally all Christian monks were hermits).In England the word monasterium was also applied to the habitation of a bishop and the cathedral clergy who lived apart from the lay community. Thus in English-language usage, cathedrals, which were never monasteries, developed names such as York Minster, and abbeys could likewise be termed "minster" such as Westminster Abbey. See the entry cathedral.

This thread really is the fount of all knowledge :thumbup: (with a bit of help from the likes of wikipedia and reference.com :P )

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What's the word for today Knighton Stallion?

*Neiiigh!*

i use it every day :thumbup:

If it's good enough for the horse it's good enough for me!

Anyone going to watch neiiighbours today?! :ph34r:

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Incandescent.

That's really brightened my day up no end :)

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Incandescent.

Mark McGhee's just been incandescented :D

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I'm stepping into Knighton Matt's size 12's and announcing today's word of the day is....

crapulence

That might have killed it now :P

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