The addition of lay brothers tapped a large reservoir in an age of increased religious devotion and economic and population growth, and the organization of the order which featured annual visitations and a general chapter ensured good discipline and enabled the Cistercians to accommodate a vast family of houses scattered throughout the Latin church.
In its heyday, it must have felt like a vast lake, accommodating a staggering 6,800 people in its 55,440 square feet.
Beginning in January, the emerald lawns of the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club are transformed into the Cosequin Winter Equestrian Festival, a vast, luxurious tent camp accommodating a 10-week occupation by what Gore Vidal once characterized as America's stealth rulers, and Lewis Lapham has more delicately termed "the equestrian class".
"He's accommodating, a pragmatist.
Specifically it considers the culture of denial and insularity that pervades American life and asks if such a society can accommodate a notion as vast as tragedy.
The online world, which can accommodate a million players, is a vast society with Internet cafes, investment banks, B & B's, parties, pizzerias and homes, apartments and condos.
"For years I've believed that the vast Shakespeare industry could afford to accommodate a minimally updated version of the plays," says Neil Hornick, London actor and former literary agent.
A Discovery Field Station, set under a vast tent, will accommodate an entire class-full of students for show-and-tell style science experiments.
The system lets down the vast majority of young trainees who are allowed to commence an academic career, as it can only accommodate a small fraction (in the UK, about 4% of all science PhDs).
Accommodate a variety of learning styles.
