help me, obi-wan flist

[mickeym]

In a monastery (and would a monastery ever be called an Abbey?)... what would the title be for the brother/monk who performed doctor-duties? I know it, but it's hovering just out of reach.

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[rainbow.livejournal.com]

a christian monastery is an abbey if it's under the jurisdiction of an abbott or abbess. if it's under the jurisdiction of a prior or prioress, it's a priory. if it doesn't have either, it's just a monastery.