monastic

4 definitions found

monastic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Monastic \Mo*nas"tic\, n.
     A monk.
     [1913 Webster] Monastic

  Monastic \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.
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     2. Secluded from temporal concerns and devoted to religion;
        recluse. "A life monastic." --Denham.
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monastic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  monastic
      adj 1: of communal life sequestered from the world under
             religious vows [syn: cloistered, cloistral,
             conventual, monastic, monastical]
      n 1: a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself
           to contemplation and prayer and work [syn: monk,
           monastic]

monastic - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "monastic":
     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