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skete

Translations

sketenoun
sketes
pl
skiteDans le christianisme orthodoxe, petite communauté monastique semi-érémitique.
The monks founded a skete deep in the desert.
Les moines ont fondé un skite au cœur du désert.
Synonyms
monastic cell
monastery
convent
cloister
anchorhold
eremitic community
monastic settlement
hermitage
sketeadjective
Used attributively to modify another noun (e.g., skete chapel).
skitiqueTerme ecclésiastique orthodoxe.
Skete life balances solitude with community prayer.
La vie skitique équilibre la solitude et la prière communautaire.
Synonyms
cenobitic
monastical
solitary
reclusive
cloistered
hermitical
eremitic
hermitic
ascetic
monastic

Definitions

sketenoun
In Eastern Orthodox Christianity, a small, quasi-eremitic monastic community whose members live in separate cells but gather for communal worship; also, the settlement itself.
The monks founded a skete deep in the desert.
sketeadjective
Relating to or characteristic of a skete or sketes.
Skete life balances solitude with community prayer.
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