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• And truly the rule of the monastic order, no less than the habit of Italian gentlemen, is frugal in the matter of the table, beyond the conception of northern folk Monte Oliveto, the Superior told us, owned thirty-two poderi_, or large farms, of which five have recently been sold. —  New Italian sketches
• That at least is the essence of his singularly offensive dictum that since the celibacy of the Catholic clergy and of members of Religious Orders deprives the State of a number of presumably excellent parents, "if monastic orders and institutions are to continue, they should be open only to the eugenically unfit. —  Science and Morals and Other Essays
• Moreover, for several centuries, there had been great opposition in Rome against the institution of new monastic orders. —  A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges
• In sixteen years after the scene of Montmartre, Loyola had established his society in the affections and confidence of Catholic Europe, against the voice of universities, the fears of monarchs, and the jealousy of the other monastic orders. —  A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges
• He was chief of three of the principal monastic orders, and possessed enormous wealth. —  A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges

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