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Asceterion

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(Latin: asceteria, hermitage)

A monastery or home for monks; a house of retreats, place of retirement for following spiritual exercises, especially those of Saint Ignatius; name given to the first of such houses erected at Milan by Saint Charles Borromeo.

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Entry for 'Asceterion'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/asceterion.html. 1910.
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