mo·nas·ti·cism (m -n s t -sz m)n. The monastic life or system, especially as practiced in a monastery. |
monasticism [məˈnæstɪˌsɪzəm]
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the monastic system, movement, or way of life
monasticism
1. the rule or system of life in a monastery.
2. the life or condition of a monk. — monastic, n., adj. — monastical, adj.
See also: Christianity2. the life or condition of a monk. — monastic, n., adj. — monastical, adj.
a regularized program of religious observance, asceticism, and work foliowed in a monastery; monachism. — monastic, n., adj.
See also: Monks and Nuns
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| Noun | 1. |  monasticism - asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedienceausterity, nonindulgence, asceticism - the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) eremitism - monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience |
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