they had embraced
-avaient embrassé
Past perfect they conjugation of embrace.
This easier life did not make the monks conspicuously happier as it did not bring them closer to the goal for which they had embraced monasticism.
Une vie plus facile ne rendait pas les moines plus fondamentalement heureux, car elle ne les approchait pas du but pour lequel ils avaient embrassé la vie monastique.
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