The wealthy, self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict, ascetic life led by members of some monastic orders.
Source: tatoeba (2000)
Monastic
//məˈnæstɪk//
Synonyms for "monastic" (54 found)
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Closest matches (11)
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Related words (27)
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2 entriesRelated terms
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7 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 27 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- վանական adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- վանական noun (person with monastic ways)
Asturian
2 entries- monacal adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- monásticu adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Bulgarian
1 entries- монашески adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Catalan
2 entries- monacal adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- monàstic adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Czech
1 entries- mnišský adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Dutch
3 entries- kloosterachtig adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- kloosterlijk adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- monastiek adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Esperanto
1 entries- monaĥa adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Finnish
4 entries- luostari adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- luostarimainen adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- munkki adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- munkkimainen adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
French
1 entries- monastique adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Friulian
2 entries- monacâl adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- monastic adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Galician
2 entries- monacal adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- monástico adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
German
2 entries- klösterlich adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- mönchisch adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Greek
3 entries- μοναστικός adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- μοναχικός adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- μοναχός noun (person with monastic ways)
Hebrew
1 entries- פרוש adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Hungarian
3 entries- monasztikus adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- szerzetesi adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- szerzetes noun (person with monastic ways)
Italian
3 entries- fratesco adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- monacale adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- monastico adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Macedonian
3 entries- калу́ѓерски adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- мана́стирски adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- мо́нашки adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Occitan
1 entries- monastic adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Polish
4 entries- mnisi adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- monastyczny adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- mnich noun (person with monastic ways)
- mniszka noun (person with monastic ways)
Portuguese
2 entries- monacal adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- monástico adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Romanian
2 entries- monahal adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- monastic adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Russian
2 entries- мона́шеский adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- монасты́рский adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Slovak
1 entries- mníšsky adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Spanish
4 entries- frailuno adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- monacal adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- monjil adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- monástico adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Swedish
2 entries- kloster adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- munk adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ṣamāññe adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Ukrainian
3 entries- черне́цький adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- черне́чий adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
- черни́чий adj (of or relating to monasteries or monks)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The monastic life is no life for me.
Source: tatoeba (3500742)
The abbess asked Mary if she was completely sure that the monastic life fit her.
Source: tatoeba (4904301)
Some monastic orders engage in repetitive labor as a form of meditation.
Source: tatoeba (12988813)
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