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Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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A term in Eastern monastic tradition for all the forms of discipline, community prescription, sacramental practice, and participation in the divine liturgy whereby a religious grows in the spiritual life.

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