monastic
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7.9
- adjective
- /məˈnæstɪk/
- The monks' daily routines reflect their monastic commitment to prayer and solitude.
- monastic community
- monastic life
- monastic art
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Watch on YouTubeSo it became this kind of a monastic experience as well.
- So it became this kind of a monastic experience as well.
- This specifically takes place within the realm of monastic dress, which I know nothing about.
- So because I had had so many prior lifetimes either in monastic circles or in the military.
- As you can see, my minuscule print is, you know, the product of a monastic education.
- So I had these two paths, monastic detachment, the end of suffering that comes from that, or massive engagement, massive impact.
- What is what is the monastic life really about here?
- This is typically monastic views fasting.
- They had an incredible influence on on the, you know, monastic movements.
Examples
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The story is told of the monastic disciple who asked the teacher about enlightenment.
Academic text (1990) -
My life is somewhat monastic and it completely supports this work that I do, which is prayerful.
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So it became this kind of a monastic experience as well.
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What is what is the monastic life really about here?
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I ask to be accepted as a bride of the Lord in the monastic life.
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Much has changed since you embraced the monastic life, my son.
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In the background comes Drew, dressed in his monastic robes, no hat on his head.
Fiction book (1991) -
Then, and for years to come, he would live in near-monastic isolation with his family, slowly perfecting his art.
Academic text (2011) -
Most of the nuns here are noble women who have embraced the monastic life because there was not enough money at home to provide them with dowries.
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The previous occupants were an order of monastic monks who've sworn vows of chastity... poverty and silence.
Synonyms
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8.7
Living apart from other people and the outside world, often in a quiet place
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8.7
Being simple and strict in life like a monk
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7.4
A person who lives simply and quietly with little social contact
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9.9
About the quiet shared life of people who live together in a convent
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9.9
Living quietly and separately like monks or nuns in a convent
A quiet, simple religious life with prayer and few possessions
Compounds
How Monastic
Surface Forms
Morphology
monastic = monastery (transparent) = monast + ic
The adjective meaning is a straightforward relational formation from 'monastery'/'monk' indicating relation to monastic life.
Etymology
Monastic comes from the Greek mono- meaning 'one' or 'alone', the same root that gave us monk. That's why monastic describes a quiet, simple, and often private way of living, like the life of monks and nuns.