poustinia
poustinia noun: in Christian spirituality, a small sparsely furnished cabin or room where a person goes to fast and pray, but which is less austere than a hermitage.
Noun
poustinia (plural poustinias)
- In Christian spirituality, a small sparsely furnished cabin or room where a person goes to fast and pray, but which is less austere than a hermitage.
- Yes, that "doing something more" can be the poustinia: an entry into the desert, a lonely place, a silent place, where one can lift the two arms of prayer and penance to God in atonement, intercession, reparation for one's sins and those of one's brothers.... To go into the poustinia means to...1975, Catherine Doherty, Poustinia
Forms of poustinia
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Origin of poustinia
From the Russian пусты́ня (pustýnja, “desert”).
Words formed from poustinia
Questions about poustinia
- What does poustinia mean?
- Poustinia means in Christian spirituality, a small sparsely furnished cabin or room where a person goes to fast and pray, but which is less austere than a hermitage.
- What part of speech is poustinia?
- Poustinia is a noun.
- What is the plural of poustinia?
- The plural of poustinia is poustinias.
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