56. The sixth general council (the Quinisext in Trullo,
Canon xlvii. in Beveridge, tom. i. p. 213) restrains women
from passing the night in a male, or men in a female,
monastery. The seventh general council (the second Nicene,
Canon xx. in Beveridge, tom. i. p. 325) prohibits the
erection of double or promiscuous monasteries of both sexes;
but it appears from Balsamon that the prohibition was not
effectual. On the irregular pleasures and expenses of the
clergy and monks, see Thomassin, tom. iii. p. 1334-1368.