The declaration, promise, or vow made by a person entering a religious order; (hence) the action of entering such an order; the fact or occasion of…
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释义 | society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > monastic profession > [noun] (21) profession?c1225 The declaration, promise, or vow made by a person entering a religious order; (hence) the action of entering such an order; the fact or occasion of… conversionc1340 spec. In the medieval church: Change from the secular to the ‘religious’ life; entry into monastic life. Obsolete. (See Du Cange, conversio.) professing1502 The action of admitting a person into a religious order; = profession, n. 1. Now rare. clothing1628 Investiture with a religious habit. Cf. clothe, v. 1d. vesture1639 The investiture of a person as a novice in a religious order. Obsolete. rare. novitiation1792 = novitiate, n. 2a; admission to a religious order. rare. monachization1813 The act or process of becoming a monk, or of becoming or making monastic. Subcategories:— novice (13) — document containing profession (1) |
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