toots wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
toots wrote:
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MUFF diving has nothing to do with MUFTI, not that ive had much to do with either just lately, im gonna join a monkery....
it is here, that's what I was saying and it's a monastry (if that's how you spell it)
nuns - nunnery
monks - monkery
Convent
Monastry
Gotcya
Actually a nunnery and convent are the same thing, monkery is a made up word...
Medieval Convent or Nunnery
A convent or nunnery is a religious house, or monastery, for nuns. An abbey and a priory were religious houses where nuns lived. The Abbess was the head of an abbey who was elected by the nuns for life. A prioress was a nun in charge of a priory or ranking next below the abbess of an abbey. Each Medieval convent or Nunnery endeavoured to form an independent, self-supporting community whose nuns had no need of going beyond its limits for anything. A Medieval convent or nunnery offered women and element of freedom as they were able to elect their own abbess or prioress. This was one of the few places in the Middle Ages where Medieval women held positions of authority. In course of time, as a convent increased in wealth and number of inmates. The term 'convent' comes from the Latin word 'convenire' meaning 'to come together'.
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