individual has matriculated, joined, or been named to this group, including one who has joined a monastery, friary, or convent as a member or third order
individual has matriculated, joined, or been named to this group, including one who has joined a monastery, friary, or convent as a member or third order
[a] To allow the monks at Camaldoli to remain cloistered, third order lay brothers, known as conversi served as go-betweens to the outside world attending to chores that required them to leave the monastic enclosure such as obtaining food, clothing, and other items needed by the community as well as making and receiving payments. (Bent, 39)
