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Russian
обет молчания
Portuguese
voto de silêncio
Catalan
vot de silenci
Spanish
voto del silencio

Vow to maintain silence, usually for spirituality or protest.

обет молчания
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I need scarcely observe, that from the rigid silence vowed and practised, the order of La Trappe includes no females in its over-zealous ordinances.
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