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Renunciantes

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(renouncers), a name applied to monks, from their formal renunciation of the world and all secular employments. Many of them kept their estates in their own hands, but had no more use of them than if they had been transferred to others.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Renunciantes'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​r/renunciantes.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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