What does "monachist" mean?

A monk, especially one who was part of the religious reform movement of the fourth century.

What is a synonym for "monachist"?

Common synonyms include: monastic.

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Noun

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A monk, especially one who was part of the religious reform movement of the fourth century.
"He lives in monastic loneliness, not that he is a hermit, but he makes himself into a monastery from which, as at Mount Athos, everything that deals with sex is excluded, and like the monachists of the Middle Ages he pays the penalty to desregarded Nature."

Adjective

1
Synonym of monastic.
"At its beginning, the monachist movement was a non-violent protest against the worldliness of a Church in service to the empire."

"At its beginning, the monachist movement was a non-violent protest against the worldliness of a Church in service to the empire."

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