> From: Rev. David G. Peters [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
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> 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
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