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  2. Enclosed religious orders - Wikipedia

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    The English word monk most properly refers to men in monastic life, while the term friar more properly refers to mendicants active in the world (like Franciscans, Dominicans and Augustinians), though not all monasteries require strict enclosure. Benedictine monks, for instance, have often staffed parishes and been allowed to leave monastery ...

  3. Nigerian gospel - Wikipedia

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    These songs were mostly rendered then during Church worship service. They took the form of monophonic liturgy like the Gregorian chant - these are songs without polyphony and not written (rendered in parts) but having only one line of melody. By mid-19th century, missionary activities (which had diminished earlier) had revived in Nigeria.

  4. Contemporary Catholic liturgical music - Wikipedia

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    In paragraph 46 of this document, it states that music could be played during the sacred liturgy on "instruments characteristic of a particular people." Previously the pipe organ was used for accompaniment. The use of instruments native to the culture was an important step in the multiplication of songs written to accompany the Catholic liturgy ...

  5. Friar - Wikipedia

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    The Dominicans, founded c. 1216. They are also known as the Friar Preachers or the Black Friars from the black mantle (cappa) worn over their white habit. The Dominicans were founded by St. Dominic and received papal approval from Honorius III in 1216 as the Ordo Praedicatorum under the Rule of St. Augustine. They became a mendicant order in 1221.

  6. Dominican Rite - Wikipedia

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    There are some differences between the musical notation of the Dominican Gradual, Vesperal and Antiphonary and the corresponding books of the Roman Rite as reformed by Pope Pius X. The Dominican chant was faithfully copied from the 13th-century manuscripts, which were in turn derived indirectly from the Gregorian Sacramentary. [3]

  7. Contemporary worship music - Wikipedia

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    The songs are frequently referred to as "praise songs" or "worship songs" and are typically led by a "worship band" or "praise team", with either a guitarist or pianist leading. It has become a common genre of music sung in many churches, particularly in charismatic or non-denominational Protestant churches with some Roman Catholic ...

  8. List of English-language hymnals by denomination - Wikipedia

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    All of the Byzantine Rite churches, and their Eastern Orthodox counterparts, use essentially the same lyrics in their hymns; the primary difference between different Byzantine Rite Catholic churches, such as between Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church and the Melkite Catholic Church of Antioch, is in the form of the music used.

  9. List of Nigerian gospel musicians - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable Nigerian gospel musicians arranged in alphabetical order.. Ada Ehi; Ayo Vincent; Bidemi Olaoba; Bola Are; Chigozie Wisdom; Chinyere Udoma; Cobhams Asuquo; Dunni Olanrewaju