| A | B |
|---|
| anchorite | another word for hermit |
| cenobite | monks who live in community under a rule and a superior |
| sarabite | monks who live in small groups without the discipline of a rule or an abbot |
| gyrovague | monks who wander around visiting other houses---St. Benedict condemned them as bad monks |
| abbot | head of a male monastery |
| prior | second in command in a male monastery |
| prioress | head of a female monastery |
| subprior | the third in command |
| Abbot Philip | the abbot of Saint Bede Abbey |
| Fr. Michael | the prior of Saint Bede Abbey |
| Fr. Dominic | the subprior of Saint Bede Abbey |
| celllerer | the monk in charge of supplies and storerooms |
| postulant | someone who lives for awhile at the monastery to discwern if he/she has a vocation |
| novice | someone in the first year of formation as a monk, which lasts one year |
| junior | a monk in simple vows |
| stability | the vow that a monk be a part of the community forever, and for the most part, stay at the abbey |
| obedience | the only virtue which Benedict calls "holy"---one of the Benedictine vows |
| conversatio morum | the vow of conversion, that a monk will try to be a better Christian every day |
| Divine Office | the daily round of public prayer in the monastery |
| Lauds | another name for morning prayer |
| Vespers | another name of evening prayer |
| Compline | the last prayer of the day before bed |
| lectio divina | a method of using the Bible for personal prayer and meditation |
| ora et labora; prayer and work | the Benedictine motto |
| Ut In Omnibus Glorificetur Deus | What does U.I.O.G.D. stand for? (In Latin) |
| That in all things God may be glorified | What does UIOGD stand for in English? |
| Porter | the doorkeeper of the monastery |
| Monastic chapter | the assembly of all the monks of a community who are in solemn vows |
| "Work of God", Another term for the Divine Office | Opus Dei |
