In the following decades they conquered large areas along the Baltic Sea coast and established their monastic state.

Their monastic state imposed high taxes on the cities to raise the funds.

He made a vow of celibacy, but never embraced a monastic state.

Wigbert was an Englishman of noble birth, older than Boniface, who embraced the monastic state.

The monastic state imposed high taxes on the cities to raise the funds as well as to re-arm for another war against Poland.

The Teutonic Knights conquered the region and established a monastic state.

The procurator of the Teutonic Knights was a position in their monastic state.

In this way Navaanneren was thrown into state affairs and left the monastic state.

Nobody wants the old monastic state back, but Tibet can defend its culture as an autonomous region in China if human rights are guaranteed within it.

While monks have undertaken labours of the most varied character, in every case this work is extrinsic to the essence of the monastic state.