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> From: Rev. David G. Peters [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Perhaps you could add "cloister" and "nunnery" to your list. > It is my understanding that Martin Luther was technically not a monk, > but a friar. I would also be interested in whether this information is > correct and, if so, what distinguishes monks from friars? > Thanks for entertaining such pedantic questions, my friends! > > If you're going to add nunnery, then you should probably also ask for the distinction between a nun and a sister, and an order and a congregation. BTW, some monasteries are nunneries, but not all nunneries are monasteries. Francine Nicholson %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%