The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1875 |
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... common . It has stood for the preposition an ( on ) in such expressions ( now passed into a great many other sounds , all of which are obsolete ) as a - doing , a - making , where doing and making are denoted in a most confusing way by ...
... common . It has stood for the preposition an ( on ) in such expressions ( now passed into a great many other sounds , all of which are obsolete ) as a - doing , a - making , where doing and making are denoted in a most confusing way by ...
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... common centre , which was usually the abode of some anchorite celebrated for superior holiness or singular asceticism , but without any attempt at orderly arrangement . The formation of such communities in the East does not date from ...
... common centre , which was usually the abode of some anchorite celebrated for superior holiness or singular asceticism , but without any attempt at orderly arrangement . The formation of such communities in the East does not date from ...
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... common rule . ( They had no refec- tory , but ate their common meal , of bread and water only , when the day's labour was over , reclining on strewn grass , sometimes out of doors . ) Four times in the day they joined in prayers and ...
... common rule . ( They had no refec- tory , but ate their common meal , of bread and water only , when the day's labour was over , reclining on strewn grass , sometimes out of doors . ) Four times in the day they joined in prayers and ...
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... common room for social intercourse , the chapter - house for religious and disciplinary conference . These essential elements of monastic life are ranged about a cloister court , surrounded by a covered arcade , affording communication ...
... common room for social intercourse , the chapter - house for religious and disciplinary conference . These essential elements of monastic life are ranged about a cloister court , surrounded by a covered arcade , affording communication ...
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... common chamber or refectory in the centre , surrounded by sleeping apartments . Each is pro- vided with its own ... common room of the monks . At its north- east corner access was given from the dormitory to the necessarium , a ...
... common chamber or refectory in the centre , surrounded by sleeping apartments . Each is pro- vided with its own ... common room of the monks . At its north- east corner access was given from the dormitory to the necessarium , a ...
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