Dominican nuns

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Catholic religious sister contemplative religious religious institute member

Dominican nuns are cloistered women religious of the Catholic Church who follow the Rule of St. Augustine and the spiritual tradition of the Dominican Order, dedicated especially to contemplative prayer and communal life.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Dominican sisters 2
Dominican nuns of the Monastery of Prouille 1
Dominican nuns of the Perpetual Rosary 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic religious sister ⓘ
contemplative religious ⓘ
religious institute member ⓘ
associatedWith Dominican friars ⓘ
Dominican nuns self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dominican sisters
canonicalStatus consecrated life ⓘ
charism contemplation ⓘ
prayer for the Church ⓘ
support of Dominican preaching ⓘ
ecclesiasticalStatus papal enclosure ⓘ
followsRule Rule of Saint Augustine ⓘ
surface form: Rule of St. Augustine
followsSpirituality Dominican spiritual tradition ⓘ
formsPartOf contemplative branch of the Dominican family ⓘ
foundedBy Saint Dominic ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
governanceForm monastic community ⓘ
governedBy Constitutions of the Order of Preachers ⓘ
surface form: Constitutions of the Nuns of the Order of Preachers
hasBranch Dominican nuns self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dominican nuns of the Monastery of Prouille

Dominican nuns self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dominican nuns of the Perpetual Rosary
historicalOriginCentury 13th century ⓘ
historicalOriginPlace Prouille, France ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy Latin (in some communities) ⓘ
vernacular languages ⓘ
lifestyle cloistered ⓘ
livesIn monastery ⓘ
missionFocus intercession for the world ⓘ
prayer for preachers ⓘ
observes Dominican liturgical traditions ⓘ
partOf Order of Preachers ⓘ
surface form: Dominican Order
practices Eucharistic adoration ⓘ
Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
common life ⓘ
lectio divina ⓘ
silence ⓘ
primaryActivity communal life ⓘ
contemplative prayer ⓘ
recognizedBy Holy See ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
religiousOrder Order of Preachers ⓘ
superiorTitle abbess (in some monasteries) ⓘ
prioress ⓘ
takesVows chastity ⓘ
obedience ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
uses Dominican Rite ⓘ
surface form: Dominican Rite (in some communities)
vocationType contemplative life ⓘ
wears Dominican habit ⓘ
white habit with black veil ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dominican friars → associatedWith → Dominican nuns ⓘ
Dominican friars → associatedWith → Dominican nuns ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dominican sisters
Dominican nuns → associatedWith → Dominican nuns self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dominican sisters
Dominican nuns → hasBranch → Dominican nuns self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dominican nuns of the Perpetual Rosary
Dominican nuns → hasBranch → Dominican nuns self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dominican nuns of the Monastery of Prouille