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PRONUNCIATION OF GYROVAGUE

gyrovague  [ˈdʒaɪrəˌveɪɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GYROVAGUE

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Gyrovague is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GYROVAGUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gyrovagues

Gyrovagues were wandering or itinerant monks without fixed residence or leadership, who relied on charity and the hospitality of others. The term, coming from French, itself from Late Latin gyrovagus, is used to refer to a kind of monk, rather than a specific order, and may be pejorative as they are almost universally denounced by Christian writers of the Early Middle Ages. The Council of Chalcedon and Second Council of Nicaea prohibit this practice. The "gyrovagi" were denounced as wretched by Benedict of Nursia, who accused them of indulging their passions and cravings. Augustine called them Circumcelliones and attributed the selling of fake relics as their innovation. Cassian also mentions a class of monk, which may have been identical, who were reputed to be gluttons who refused to fast at the proper times. Up until the time of Benedict, several attempts had been made by various synods at suppressing and disciplining monks who refused to settle in a cloister. With the establishment of the Rule of St.

Definition of gyrovague in the English dictionary

The definition of gyrovague in the dictionary is a peripatetic monk.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GYROVAGUE


antiplague
ˌæntɪˈpleɪɡ
beaumontague
ˌbəʊmɒnˈteɪɡ
Hague
heɪɡ
Haig
heɪɡ
plague
pleɪɡ
renegue
rɪˈneɪɡ
stravaig
strəˈveɪɡ
taig
teɪɡ
vague
veɪɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GYROVAGUE

gyromagnetism
gyromancy
gyron
gyronic
gyronny
gyropilot
gyroplane
gyroscope
gyroscopic
gyroscopically
gyroscopics
gyrose
gyrostabiliser
gyrostabilizer
gyrostat
gyrostatic
gyrostatically
gyrostatics
gyrous
gyrus

WORDS THAT END LIKE GYROVAGUE

Arab League
blague
colleague
football league
in league
Ivy League
Ivy-League
Junior League
league
Little League
major league
minor league
National League
non-league
Nouvelle Vague
Prague
Premier League
rugby league
The Hague
the Ivy League

Synonyms and antonyms of gyrovague in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gyrovague» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GYROVAGUE

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The translations of gyrovague from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gyrovague» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

gyrovague
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

giróvago
570 millions of speakers

English

gyrovague
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gyrovague
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

gyrovague
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

gyrovague
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

giróvago
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gyrovague
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gyrovague
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gyrovague
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gyrovague
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

gyrovague
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

gyrovague
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gyrovague
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gyrovague
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒவ்வொரு இடமாகச் சுற்றித் திரிகிற மடத்துத் துறவி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गिरोवग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gyrovague
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gyrovague
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gyrovague
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

gyrovague
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gyrovague
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gyrovague
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gyrovague
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gyrovague
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gyrovague
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gyrovague

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GYROVAGUE»

The term «gyrovague» is used very little and occupies the 190.130 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GYROVAGUE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gyrovague

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GYROVAGUE»

Discover the use of gyrovague in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gyrovague and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dark Age Bodies: Gender and Monastic Practice in the Early ...
90 Hildemar looks to the ravenous maw of the gyrovague as the marker of his depravity. Focusing in on the Rule's phrase ''being servants to their own wills and to the seductions of their gullets,'' Hildemar fleshes out for his neophyte monks ...
Lynda L. Coon, 2011
2
Wandering Monks, Virgins, and Pilgrims: Ascetic Travel in ...
He views the section on the gyrovague as a literary outburst, revealing the Master's "excess of satirical spirit" and his "verbal intemperance and triviality."89 Vogue claims that the Master was only trying to emulate Cassian's model, even though ...
Maribel Dietz, 2010
3
Spirituality in Ecumenical Perspective
Simply put, the gyrovague keeps neither exterior nor interior silence and does not possess, even minimally, the disposition to be an effective listener. The gyrovague also contradicts the principle of stability, which governs Benedictine ...
E. Glenn Hinson, 1993
4
Lollards and Their Influence in Late Medieval England
... Peter; Woodford, William mendicant dissent 177±96 satire against friars see gyrovague, sarabites, three estates see also FitzRalph, Richard; Friar Daw's Reply; letters of fraternity Friar Daw's Reply defense of fraternal life 57 n.91 heretics as ...
Fiona Somerset, Jill C. Havens, Derrick G. Pitard, 2003
5
Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict
2 The Regula Magistri, xx., draws a far from flattering portrait of the gyrovague; read also the eighth chapter of the Constitution“ monastica: which figure amcng the Works of ST. BAsrL. P.G., XXXI., 1367 sq. 3 De apere monacbomm, c. xxviii. P.L. ...
Paul Delatte, 2000
6
The Life of the Vows: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 6
It is not just wandering about that is evil, but for St. Benedict this wandering is simply the root and expression of all the other vices, for the gyrovague is at the mercy of all his passions, cannot deny himself anything; or at least they cannot deny ...
Thomas Merton, Patrick F. O'Connell, 2012
7
Wayward Monks and the Religious Revolution of the Eleventh ...
with one of the greatest possible sins of monastic life — with being a "gyrovague." This is the type of monk most castigated at the beginning of Benedict of Nursia's Rule for monks, by far the most popular monastic rule in use in western Europe ...
Phyllis G. Jestice, 1997
8
In Praise of Benedict
But I did enjoy being a "gyrovague" during this year of celebration, accepting hospitality in several monasteries. To all my kind hosts on those occasions and to my own monastic brethren at Ampleforth who helped me to avoid becoming too ...
Basil Hume, 2002
9
At Home with Saint Benedict: Monastery Talks
This is in contrast to the sarabaite and gyrovague, and even to the hermit. The sarabaite, says Cassian, is a degenerate monk, and Benedict follows Cassian saying the sarabaites have no formation to guide them, and no rule to try them.
Mark Alan Scott, 2011
10
Doing business with Benedict: the rule of St Benedict and ...
Finally, the gyrovague tells his community of his deep sorrow at the necessity of moving elsewhere, and the community wish him a fond farewell. So he moves on to new place, where he begins his life by rubbishing everything that he had ...
Kit Dollard, Anthony Marett-Crosby, 2002

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GYROVAGUE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gyrovague is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Holiness in Place: The Counterculture of Stability
... great mobility, it seems as if St. Benedict is describing the average 21st century American when he gives us his description of the gyrovague. «Aleteia, Apr 14»
2
Artist Genevieve Belleveau's Experiment in Urban Asceticism
I realized I was more a gyrovague than any other kind of monk as I follow only loosely proclaimed vows rather than the law of a specific order. «Papermag, Apr 14»
3
Performance Artist To Live Inside Bear Carcass For 13 Days
... repeatedly encountered animal carcasses along his journey during another one of his performances in Gyrovague in the heart of the French ... «ArtLyst, Apr 14»
4
Bear-ly breathing: French artist will spend 13 days living inside a …
... animal carcasses along his journey during another one of his performances in Gyrovague in the heart of the French Alps,” the release says. «National Post, Apr 14»
5
Ready, steady, go – a race to the bottom for travel guidebooks, e …
This article first appeared on his Gyrovague blog. NB2: Start line image via Shutterstock. twitter facebook linked-in email email · Previous Article Next Article. «Tnooz, Mar 13»
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Travelomy brings geo-location and real-time updates to travel guides
Designing the Travel Guide of the Future « Gyrovague. […] on it ever since. Yet what amazes me is that there are still new startups launching in 2012 (like this ... «Tnooz, Jan 12»

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