noun
Usage: usually capitalized B
: a series of ascetic precepts for cenobites of either sex written by St. Basil and forming the basis of the statutes of practically all monasteries in the Eastern churches
noun
Usage: usually capitalized B
: a series of ascetic precepts for cenobites of either sex written by St. Basil and forming the basis of the statutes of practically all monasteries in the Eastern churches
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012