Monastic

//məˈnæstɪk// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person with monastic ways; a monk.
  2. 2
    a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to monasteries or monks.

    "new monastic people"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows wordnet

Synonyms

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conventualmonkabbacomesabbotasceticbeadsman

Example

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"The wealthy, self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict, ascetic life led by members of some monastic orders."

Etymology

From Middle French monastique, from Late Latin monasticus.

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