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monastic habit - a long loose habit worn by monks in a monastery

habit - a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order

scapulary, scapular - garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit

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"Let the matter be brought to an issue then according to our old-time monastic habit. Bid the chancellor and the sub-chancellor lead in the brothers according to age, together with brother John, the accused, and brother Ambrose, the accuser."

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He had few clothes, one bag and the a monastic habit with him which he wore and immediately fell into the monastery's daily routine, the prosecution added.

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Earl Patrick took the Cistercian monastic habit on his deathbed, although he was buried not at Melrose, but in the nunnery church of St Mary of Eccles.

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On the one hand he was a convert to Roman Catholicism, dressed in a monastic habit, set up his own chapel and there maintained a discipline of prayer.

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Likewise, the enlisted wear a uniform as the monks do their monastic habit (58.26), which identifies their ties of allegiance in battle.

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These days, we seldom see men and women in monastic habit on the street.

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