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monastic |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Monastic \Mo*nas"tic\, n. A monk. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 2. Secluded from temporal concerns and devoted to religion; recluse. ``A life monastic.'' --Denham. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: monastic adj : of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows [syn: {cloistered}, {cloistral}, {conventual}, {monastical}] n : a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work [syn: {monk}]
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