'Monastic' definitions:
Definition of 'monastic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows [syn: cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical]
noun
A male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work [syn: monk, monastic]
Definition of 'Monastic'
From: GCIDE
- Monastic \Mo*nas"tic\, n. A monk. [1913 Webster] Monastic
Definition of 'Monastic'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Secluded from temporal concerns and devoted to religion; recluse. "A life monastic." --Denham. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'monastic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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