Sentences with 'vows'

Example sentences and phrases with the word vows and other words derived from it.


« 6. Holy Orders - the vows taken by new members of the clergy. »
« Monks and nuns took vows of poverty, chastity and obedience when they left their normal lives and joined (respectively) monasteries and convents. »
« They were made up of 'knightly monks' who took monastic vows (i.e. of obedience, poverty and chastity) but who spent their time fighting as well as praying. »
« The concept already existed at the beginning of the Crusader period, but the orders grew rapidly through their involvement in the invasions. Two orders in particular, the Hospitallers and the Templars, would achieve great wealth and power despite their vows of poverty. »

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