Sentences with 'vow'
Example sentences and phrases with the word vow and other words derived from it.
• « The contrast between the vow of poverty demanded by monks and nuns and the wealth and luxury enjoyed by many monks and nuns was evident to the laity. »
• « St. Teresa led a major reform that redoubled the nuns' vow of poverty and their focus on prayer and purity (the reforms also abolished separate residences and lifestyles for nuns from rich and poor families). »
• « Two days later he went to the convent of Santo Domingo and attended a mass. While the mass was being celebrated, he asked Our Lady of the Rosary for her protection and made a solemn vow to offer her the flags he took from the enemy if he managed to reconquer the city. »