Meaning of MONASTIC
| Pronunciation: | | mu'nastik
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- [n] a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
- [adj] of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
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| | Synonyms: | | cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastical, monk, unworldly |
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| | See Also: | | Bacon, Benedict, Brother, Cistercian, Gregor Mendel, Johann Mendel, Mendel, religious, Roger Bacon, Saint Benedict, St Benedict, Trappist | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mo*nas"tic\, n.
A monk.
\Mo*nas"tic\, Monastical \Mo*nas"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?
monk: cf. F. monastique. See {Monastery}.]
1. Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants,
rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules.
2. Secluded from temporal concerns and devoted to religion;
recluse. ``A life monastic.'' --Denham.
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| | Related Terms: | | abbacomes, abbot, ascetic, beadsman, brother, caloyer, celibataire, celibate, cenobite, claustral, cloistered, conventical, conventual, conventual prior, friar, grand prior, hermit, hieromonach, lay abbot, lay brother, mendicant, misogamic, misogamist, misogynist, misogynous, monachal, monasterial, monk, monkish, nun, palmer, pilgrim, pillar saint, pillarist, priest, prior, religieux, religious, single, stylite, unmarried |
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