mo·nas·tic

(mə-năs′tĭk)

adj. also mo·nas·ti·cal (-tĭ-kəl)

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a monastery. Used often of monks and nuns.

2. Resembling life in a monastery in style, structure, or manner, especially:

a. Secluded and contemplative.

b. Strictly disciplined or regimented.

c. Self-abnegating; austere.

A monk.

[Middle English monastik, from Old French monastique, from Late Latin monasticus, from Late Greek monastikos, from Greek monazein, to live alone; see monastery.]

mo·nas′ti·cal·ly adv.

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monastic

(məˈnæstɪk)

adj

1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) of or relating to monasteries or monks, nuns, etc

2. resembling this sort of life; reclusive

(Ecclesiastical Terms) a person who is committed to this way of life, esp a monk

moˈnastically adv

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mo•nas•tic

(məˈnæs tɪk)

adj. Also, mo•nas′ti•cal.

1. of or pertaining to monks, nuns, or monasteries: monastic vows.

2. of or resembling the secluded, dedicated, or austere life characteristic of a monastery.

3. a member of a monastic community or order, esp. a monk.

[1400–50; < Late Latin monasticus < Late Greek monastikós; see monastery, -tic]

mo•nas′ti•cal•ly, adv.

mo•nas′ti•cism, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	monastic - a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work monk Brother - (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address; "a Benedictine Brother" Carthusian - a member of the Carthusian order religious - a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience Cistercian, Trappist - member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence
Adj.	1.	monastic - of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastical unworldly - not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney

monastic

adjective monkish, secluded, cloistered, reclusive, withdrawn, austere, celibate, contemplative, ascetic, sequestered, hermit-like, conventual, cenobitic, coenobitic, cloistral, eremitic, monachal He was drawn to the monastic life.

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Translations

دَيْري، رَهْباني

klášterní

kloster-klosteragtig

klösterlichmonastisch

καλογερική μοναστικός μοναχικός

monastique religieux

kolostori

klaustur-; munka-

monastico

kloster-munke-

kláštorný

manastır hayatına ait

修道院的

monastic

[məˈnæstɪk]

A. ADJ → monástico

B. CPD monastic order N → orden f monástica
monastic vows NPL → votos mpl monásticos

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monastic

[məˈnæstɪk] adj → monastique

monastic

adj → mönchisch, klösterlich; monastic life → Klosterleben nt; monastic building → Klostergebäude nt; monastic order → Mönchsorden m; monastic vows → Ordensgelübde nt; he leads a monastic existence (fig) → er lebt wie ein Mönch

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monastic

[məˈnæstɪk] adj → monastico/a

monastery

(ˈmonəstəri) – plural ˈmonasteries – noun

a house in which a community of monks lives.

moˈnastic (-ˈnӕ-) adjective

of, or like, monks or monasteries. the monastic way of life.