Bible Encyclopedias
Affiliation

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

a term used among monks to signify the incorporation of a monk with the particular monastery to which he binds himself. and whose son he thence, forth becomes.

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