See also:

• SISTERHOODS (MODERN ANGLICAN)

SISTERHOODS (See also:

• MODERN

MODERN See also:

• ANGLICAN

ANGLICAN)  . The See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution of religious houses in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England (1536–1540) under See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VIII. swept away more than 140 nunneries, and the See also:

• ANGLICAN

Anglican See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church was See also:

• LEFT

left without See also:

• SISTERHOODS (MODERN ANGLICAN)

sisterhoods for three centuries . But as these had for goo years formed See also:

• PART

part of her See also:

• SYSTEM

system, there were protests from See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to time and attempts at restoration . Amongst such protests, which generally dwelt a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• DEAL

deal on the want of See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision for unmarried See also:

• WOMEN

women, may be mentioned three in successive centuries . The historian See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

Fuller would have been glad " if such feminine See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations had still continued," those " good See also:

• SHEE, SIR MARTIN ARCHER (1770-1850)

shee-See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools," only without vows (Bk. vi.) . See also:

• RICHARDSON, GEORGE
• RICHARDSON, HENRY HOBSON (1838-1886)
• RICHARDSON, SAMUEL (1689-1761)
• RICHARDSON, SIR JOHN (1787-1865)

Richardson the novelist, in See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Grandison, wishes there could be a See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant nunnery in every See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, " with a truly worthy divine, at the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of the See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese, to See also:

• DIRECT

direct and animate the devotion of such a society "; in 1829 the poet See also:

• SOUTHEY, ROBERT (1774-1843)

Southey, in his Colloquies (cxiii.), See also:

• TRUSTS

trusts that " See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years hence.this reproach also may be effaced, and England may have its See also:

• BEGUINES (Fr. beguine, Med. Lat. beguina, begina, beghina)

Beguines and its sisters of See also:

• MERCY (adapted from Fr. merci, Lat. merces, reward)
• MERCY (or MERCI), FRANZ, FREIHERR VON

mercy . It is grievously in need of them." Also small See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical efforts were made in the religious See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household? of See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas See also:

• FERRAR, NICHOLAS (1592-1637)
• FERRAR, ROBERT (d. 1555)

Ferrar at Little Gidding, 1625, and of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law at See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's Cliffe, 1743; and under Charles II., says Fr . See also:

• BEDE, BEDA, or B
• BEDE, CUTHBERT

Bede, Autob., " about 12 Protestant ladies of See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth and considerable means " founded a shortlived See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent, with See also:

• SANCROFT, WILLIAM (1616-1693)

Sancroft, then See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

Dean of St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul's, for director . Southey's See also:

• APPEAL

appeal had See also:

• WEIGHT

weight, and before the thirty years had passed compassion for the needs of the destitute in See also:

• GREAT

great cities, and the impulse of a strong Church revival, aroused a See also:

• BODY

body of laymen, among whom were included Mr See also:

• GLADSTONE
• GLADSTONE, JOHN HALL (1827-1902)
• GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART (1809–1898)

Gladstone, Sir T . D . See also:

• ACLAND, CHRISTIAN HENRIETTA CAROLINE (1750-1815)
• ACLAND, SIR HENRY WENTWORTH, BART

Acland, Mr A . J .

See also:

• BERESFORD, JOHN (1738-1805)
• BERESFORD, LORD CHARLES WILLIAM DE LA POER (1846- )
• BERESFORD, WILLIAM CARR BERESFORD, VISCOUNT (1768–1854)

Beresford-See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Lytteltonand Lord See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

Manners (chairman), to exertions which restored sisterhoods to the Church of England . On 26th See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1845 the See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park See also:

• VILLAGE

Village Community was set on See also:

• FOOT

foot in See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

Regent's Park, See also:

• LONDON

London, to See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister to the poor See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of St Pancras . The " See also:

• RULE

Rule " was compiled by Dr See also:

• PUSEY, EDWARD BOUVERIE (1800-1882)

Pusey, who also gave spiritual supervision . In the See also:

• CRIMEAN

Crimean See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War the See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior and other sisters went out as nurses with See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence See also:

• NIGHTINGALE (O. Eng. Nihtegale, literally " singer of the night ")
• NIGHTINGALE, FLORENCE (1820–191o)

Nightingale . The community afterwards See also:

• UNITED

united with the See also:

• DEVONPORT
• DEVONPORT, EAST

Devonport Sisters, founded by See also:

• MISS

Miss Sellon in 1849, and together they See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form what is known as See also:

• ASCOT

Ascot Priory . The St See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas's sisterhood at See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford commenced in 1847; and'the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• MOTHER

mother-superior of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy Trinity Convent at Oxford, Marian See also:

• HUGHES, DAVID EDWARD (1831-1900)
• HUGHES, HUGH PRICE (1847-19o2)
• HUGHES, JOHN (1677-1720)
• HUGHES, JOHN (1797-1864)
• HUGHES, SIR EDWARD (c. 1720-1794)
• HUGHES, THOMAS
• HUGHES, THOMAS (1822-1896)

Hughes, dedicated herself before witnesses to such a See also:

• LIFE

life as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1841 (See also:

• LIDDON, HENRY PARRY (1829-1890)

Liddon's Life of Dr Pusey, iii.) . Four sisterhoods stand together as the largest : those of Clewer, See also:

• WANTAGE

Wantage, All See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

Saints and See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Grinstead; and the See also:

• WORK

work of the first may stand as a specimen of that of others . The " Community of St John the Baptist " at Clewer, near See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor, arose in 1849 through the efforts of Mrs See also:

• TENNANT, CHARLES (1768-1838)
• TENNANT, SMITHSON (1761-1815)
• TENNANT, WILLIAM (1784-1848)

Tennant and the See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar, afterwards See also:

• WARDEN

warden of the society, the Rev . T . T . See also:

• CARTER, ELIZABETH (1717-1806)

Carter, to See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save fallen women . Under the first superior, Harriet Monsell, the See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew apace, and are now above 200 .

Their services to society and the Church include 6 houses for fallen women, 7 orphanages, 9 elementary and high schools and colleges, 5 hospitals, See also:

• MISSION

mission work in 13 parishes and visiting in several " married quarters " of See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks . Many of these are important institutions, and their labours extend over a wide See also:

• AREA

area; two of the settlements are in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India and two in the United States . A See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of 26 sisterhoods is given in the See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

Official See also:

• YEAR

Year-See also:

• BOOK

Book of the C.E . (1900), to which may be added 10 institutions of deaconesses, many of whom live in community under rule . The Episcopal Church of Scvland has 3 sisterhoods; and they are found also at See also:

• TORONTO

Toronto, " See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint John the Divine "; See also:

• BRISBANE
• BRISBANE, SIR THOMAS MAKDOUGALL

Brisbane, " Sacred See also:

• ADVENT (Lat. Adventus, sc. Redemptoris, " the coming of the Saviour ")

Advent "; Grahamstown, " Resurrection "; See also:

• BLOEMFONTEIN

Bloemfontein, " St See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael and All Angels Maritzburg, "Saint John the Divine." The Year-Book (1911) of the Protestant Episcopal Church of See also:

• AMERICA

America (Anglican) mentions 18 See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• SISTER

sister-hoods and 7 See also:

• DEACONESS (i7 &locovos or &aKhvuraa, servant, minister)

deaconess homes and training colleges . Practically all 'Anglican sisterhoods originated in See also:

• WORKS

works of mercy, and this fact largely accounts for the rapidity with which they have won their way to the good will and confidence of the Church . Their number is believed to exceed 3000, and the demand for their services is greater than the See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply . Bishops are often their visitors, and Church Congresses, See also:

• CONVOCATION
• CONVOCATION (Lat. convocatio, a calling together)

Convocation and See also:

• LAMBETH

Lambeth Conferences have given them encouragement and regulation . This See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change in sympathy, again, has gained a See also:

• HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing from See also:

• MODERN

modern historians, who tend more and more to discredit the wholesale See also:

• DEFAMATION (from the classical Lat. diffamare, to spread abroad an evil report—the English form in de is taken from the Late Lat. defamare)

defamation of the dissolution See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . This charitable activity, however, distinguishes the modern sister from the nuns of See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive and See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval times, who were cloistered and contemplative, and left See also:

• EXTERNAL

external works to deaconesses, or to laywomen of a " third See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order," or to the freer See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies like the Beguines . St See also:

• VINCENT (or VINCENTIUS), ST
• VINCENT, GEORGE (1796-1831?)
• VINCENT, MARY ANN (1818-1887)

Vincent de Paul is considered to have begun the new era .with his institution of " Sisters of Charity " in 1634 . Another modern feature is the fuller recognition of See also:

• FAMILY

family ties: Rule 29 of the Clewer sisters directs that " the sisters shall have See also:

• FREE

free intercourse with relations, who may visit them at any time." But in most essential respects modern sisterhoods follow the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient traditions .

They devote themselves to the celibate life, have See also:

• PROPERTY

property in See also:

• COMMON

common, and observe a common rule of See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

prayer, fellowship and work . See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

Government is by a sister superior, assisted by various See also:

• OFFICERS

officers . The warden and See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain are See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy, and the visitor is commonly a bishop . In one important regard there has been hesitation, and authorities like Dr Littledale and Bishop See also:

• GRAFTON
• GRAFTON, DUKES OF
• GRAFTON, RICHARD (d. 1572)

Grafton contend strongly for the primitive ideal of the convent as family, with a constitutional government, as against the later and wide-spread Jesuit ideal of the convent as See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment, with a theory of despotic rule and See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute obedience . If some early mistakes in the restoration of sisterhoods were due to this exaggerated See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of obedience, the doctrine itself may be trusted to disappear among a Church and See also:

• PEOPLE

people accustomed to free institutions and to respect for individuality .