vow of poverty

Vows of poverty bring down the median when all religious communities are considered.

John took a vow of poverty upon starting his life in Phoenix.

What ever happened to the vow of poverty with this group?"

People are not about to take vows of poverty and chastity.

For another, I have taken no vows of poverty.

For the saintly person who can take vows of poverty, there is always work.

The monk took a vow of poverty that he never forgot.

As one travel manager put it, "Tough times or not, senior management isn't about to take vows of poverty."

The Democrats, of course, are not taking vows of poverty.

"You have to take a vow of poverty to be in that temple.

The price tags in the shop are not suitable for those who have taken vows of poverty.

I had taken the vow of poverty, chastity and obedience.

These days the Hippocratic oath may as well be a vow of poverty.

I'm trying to recruit priests for an order that's supposed to take a vow of poverty.

You see, we take vows of poverty, charity, and obedience.

He took the simple vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.

As with all Cistercians, the monks took a vow of poverty.

The Franciscans, in theory at least, clung to their vows of poverty.

He has found great peace in the vows of poverty, celibacy, and obedience.

Some of the donors who gave their names had taken vows of poverty.

She did take vows of poverty, you know.

It was no wonder that so many orders were these days renewing their vows of poverty.

What worried me was not the vows of poverty, chastity, obedience.

After taking vows of poverty and obedience she gave the sect almost all her property.

Vows of poverty were not in the Cobdenite's line.