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nonmonastic

nonmonastic

8.0
Not about living with monks or following their rules
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˈmɒnəstɪk/
translation icon : no monástico
  • Many nonmonastic Christians seek to apply their faith in everyday life outside the confines of a monastery.

Examples

  • Nonmonastic lifestyles allow people to engage with their communities while maintaining their religious beliefs.

  • The retreat was designed for nonmonastic individuals who wanted to deepen their spiritual practices at home.

  • Unfortunately, such a practical theology had little more connection to the lives of the majority of nonmonastic Christians than university theology.

    Academic text (1990)

  • While Orthodoxy was construing relevance for Christian piety as secondary applications of theoretical theology, Pietists were focusing primary attention on such relevance, seeking a theology oriented to nonmonastic Christian spirituality.

    Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

secular
vsnonmonastic
8 6.5

Religious leaders who do not live in monasteries or act as monks

applies broadly to anything not connected with religious community life

Antonyms

monastic
11 7.9

Relating to life in a monastery with simple rules and little contact with others

How Monastic

cloistered
3 8.7
monastic
11 7.9
nonmonastic
8.0
secular
8 6.5

Surface Forms

nonmonastic positive

Morphology

nonmonastic = monastic (transparent) = non + monastic

The adjective is formed by the productive negative prefix 'non-' added to the adjective 'monastic', giving the straightforward meaning 'not monastic'.

Etymology

The word nonmonastic begins with non- meaning 'not' and uses monastic, which comes from monk and monastery, people and places that live apart for a quiet religious life. So nonmonastic means 'not connected with monastery or monk life', for example a place or way of living that is outside that quiet life.