monastic habit

He withdrew from public life in 747 to take up the monastic habit.

She is represented as holy woman by monastic habit and Gospel book.

It is an interesting garment which, with its long sleeves, has the flavour more of a monastic habit than a shroud.

Some even laid aside the monastic habit altogether, and assumed a secular dress.

On the re-establishment of his order at Chambéry he resumed his monastic habit there in 1818.

For a while the band wore green monastic habits on stage.

Specifics included reform of the monastic habits, music and the theological preparation in the monasteries.

After completing the novitiate, there are three degrees of or steps in conferring the monastic habit.

Feeling his end approaching, Cyril put on the monastic habit and died fifty days later (14 February 869).

Let the matter be brought to an issue then according to our old- time monastic habit.