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Meanings of contemplative order in English

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Usage of contemplative order in English
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Yeah, a contemplative order, tucked away from the world, like she wanted.
Hell to pay
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The Reverend Mother wanted me to leave the community and enter a contemplative order.
The Altar Steps
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If someone is that easily affronted, then I suggest a career in a contemplative order.
The Irish Times
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The thought of life in a contemplative order is one which still arouses incredulity in many people.
The Irish Times
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We are a contemplative order; we believe the prepared soul can overcome all hostile circumstances...' His voice faltered.
The Long War
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The Society of Jesus was not to be a contemplative order seeking only the salvation of its own members.
History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the Frenc...
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They were no longer to he permitted to devote their lives to solitary prayer, and every contemplative order was suppressed.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
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The Blackrock Carmelites, an enclosed and contemplative order, have lived in the monastery since 1823 but only seven sisters now remain.
The Irish Times
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The Little Sisters pray in outward acts, whereas the contemplative Orders pray only in thought.
Sister Teresa
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The contemplative orders in the Roman Catholic Church offer a good environment for this path.
An Introduction to Yoga
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Some, however, maintain that the contemplative Orders are not superior to the active Orders, thus:
On Prayer and The Contemplative Life
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In truth the active and the contemplative Orders are identical, when we look below the surface.
Sister Teresa
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And as for the Contemplative Orders--
The Dawn of All
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"And yet," cried Durtal, "the world asks what is the good of the contemplative Orders."
En Route
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'It's what the Contemplative Orders attempt-- 'hecontinued, yet half to himself, as though a little bemused.
A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
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If the complaint had been that I was inclined to put the active above the contemplative orders and was dissatisfied with our life here-
Sister Teresa
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