Prophets And Ascetics
Scope Note
Prophets and messiahs; ascetics and anchorites; monks, friars, and nuns; monastic orders (e.g., mendicant, hermit, cenobite); monasteries and convents (e.g., organization, activities); monastic rules (e.g., poverty, celibacy); characteristics, status, and means of support; etc.
History Note
The term was changed from "Holy Men" to "Prophets and Ascetics" in 2000.
- Broader Term
- 790 Ecclesiastical Organization
- Related Terms
- 589 Celibacy
- 643 Chief Executive
- 668 Political Movements
- 735 Poverty
- 778 Sacred Objects And Places
- 785 Asceticism
- 787 Revelation And Divination
- Use Fors
- Anchorites
- Ascetics
- Celibacy (monastic rule)
- Cloistered nuns
- Convents
- Friars
- Hermits (ascetics)
- Marabout
- Monasteries
- Monastic orders
- Monks
- Nuns
- Orders (religious)
- Prophets
- Sangha
- Identifier
- 792
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