Definition of Monastic

1. Noun. A male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work.

Exact synonyms: Monk
Specialized synonyms: Brother, Carthusian, Cistercian, Trappist
Generic synonyms: Religious
Specialized synonyms: Bacon, Roger Bacon, Benedict, Saint Benedict, St. Benedict, Gregor Mendel, Johann Mendel, Mendel, Pelagius

2. Adjective. Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows.
Exact synonyms: Cloistered, Cloistral, Conventual, Monastical
Similar to: Unworldly
Derivative terms: Cloister, Convent, Convent

Definition of Monastic

1. n. A monk.

2. a. Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules.

Definition of Monastic

1. a monk [n -S] - See also: monk

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monastic

Monarda pectinata
Monarda punctata
Monardella
Monardella lanceolata
Monario
monarthric
monarthritis
monarticular
monas
monas
monases
monaster
monasteries
monastery
monastery
monastic (current term)
monastical
monastically
monasticism
monasticisms
monastics
monastic habit
monastic order
monathetosis
monatize
monatomic
monatomic
monaul
monauls
monaural

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