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poustinias

poustinias is the plural of poustinia.

Meaning of poustinia

Noun

poustinia (plural poustinias)

  1. 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

Questions about poustinias

What is poustinias the plural of?
Poustinias is the plural of poustinia.

Words near poustinias in the dictionary

  1. poussins
  2. Pousson
  3. Poussons
  4. poustie
  5. poustinia
  6. poustinias
  7. poustinik
  8. poustiniki
  9. poustiniks
  10. pout
  11. poutassou

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