Carthusian nuns

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Carthusian nuns are cloistered contemplative women religious who follow the austere, eremitical monastic life and spiritual traditions of the Carthusian Order.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic religious sister
cloistered nun
contemplative religious
monastic religious
religious order member
belongsTo Latin Church NERFINISHED
follows Carthusian Order NERFINISHED
Rule of Saint Bruno NERFINISHED
foundedBy Saint Bruno of Cologne NERFINISHED
gender female
governedBy prioress
hasCanonicalStatus pontifical right institute
hasFemaleBranchOf Carthusian Order NERFINISHED
lifestyleCharacteristic austerity
separation from the world
simplicity
liturgy Carthusian Rite NERFINISHED
Liturgy of the Hours NERFINISHED
Roman Rite NERFINISHED
livesIn Carthusian monastery
cloister
partOf Carthusian Order NERFINISHED
practices asceticism
enclosure
fasting
lectio divina
liturgical prayer
manual labor
mental prayer
silence
solitude
primaryGoal contemplation of God
union with God
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
spiritualTradition Carthusian spirituality
Western Christian monasticism
eremitical monasticism
takesVows chastity
obedience
poverty
stability
usesLanguage Latin (liturgical)
vernacular languages (community)
vocationType contemplative life
eremitical life
monastic life

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