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monastical |
2 definitions found 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]: monastical adj : of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows [syn: {cloistered}, {cloistral}, {conventual}, {monastic}]
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