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skete

Translations

sketenoun

sketes

pl

скитправославное монашество

The monks founded a skete deep in the desert.

Монахи основали скит в глубине пустыни.

Synonyms

monastic cell

eremitic community

monastic settlement

sketeadjective

Used attributively to modify another noun (e.g., skete chapel).

скитскийотносящийся к скиту

Skete life balances solitude with community prayer.

Скитская жизнь сочетает уединение с общей молитвой.

Synonyms

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.