The single men and women lived lives of celibacy in large houses of all men, and all women where they wore wedding bands to symbolize the fact that they were married to God rather than to one of the opposite sex.
The single men and women lived lives of celibacy in large houses known as "The Sisterhood" and "The Brotherhood". The men and women in these groups wore wedding bands to symbolize the fact that they were married to God rather than to a physical person of the opposite sex.