simple vow: Meaning and Definition of

sim'ple vow'

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— Rom. Cath. Ch. Rom. Cath. Ch.
  1. a public vow taken by a religious, under which property may be retained and marriage, though held to be illicit, is valid under canon law. Cf.
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