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   monastic

   /məˈnastɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to monks, nuns, or others living under religious vows, or the buildings in which they live: "a monastic order" Similar cloisteredconventualcloistralclaustralcanonicalmonasticalrare:cenobiticmonachal
   • ▪ resembling or suggestive of monks or their way of life, especially in being austere, solitary, or celibate: "she set her things round the monastic student bedroom" Similar austereasceticsimplesolitarymonkishcelibatequietcloisteredsequesteredsecludedreclusivewithdrawnhermit-likeeremiticanchoritichermiticcontemplativemeditativeOpposite sybaritic

   noun

   • 1. a monk or other follower of a monastic rule.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘anchoritic’): from late Latin monasticus, from Greek monastikos, from monazein ‘live alone’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. monastically adverb
   • 2. monasticism noun

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