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mon·a·chism       [mon-uh-kiz-uhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun
monasticism.

[Origin: 1570–80; < LL monach(us) monk + -ism]

mon·a·chist, adjective
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mon·a·chism       (mŏn'ə-kĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Monasticism.


[Medieval Latin monachismus, from Late Greek monakhismos, from monakhos, monk; see monk.]

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Monachism

Mon"a*chism\, n. [Cf. F. monachisme.] The system and influences of a monastic life; monasticism.

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