monastic
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tɪk adjective Also, mo·nas·ti·cal.
1.
of or pertaining to monasteries: a monastic library.
2.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of monks or nuns, their manner of life, or their religious obligations: monastic vows.
3.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a secluded, dedicated, or austere manner of living.
noun
4.
a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English monastik < Late Latin monasticus < Late Greek monastikós, equivalent to monas- (verbid stem of monázein to be alone; see mon-) + -ikos -ic, with -t- by analogy with derivatives of agent nouns in -tēs (cf. athlete, athletic)
1400–50; late Middle English monastik < Late Latin monasticus < Late Greek monastikós, equivalent to monas- (verbid stem of monázein to be alone; see mon-) + -ikos -ic, with -t- by analogy with derivatives of agent nouns in -tēs (cf. athlete, athletic)
Related forms
mo·nas·ti·cal·ly, adverb
non·mo·nas·tic, adjective
non·mo·nas·ti·cal·ly, adverb
pseu·do·mo·nas·tic, adjective
pseu·do·mo·nas·ti·cal, adjective
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to monasteries or monks, nuns, etc |
| 2. | resembling this sort of life; reclusive |
| —n | |
| 3. | a person who is committed to this way of life, esp a monk |
| mo'nastically | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
monastic
c.1449, from M.Fr. monastique, from L.L. monasticus, from Late Gk. monastikos "solitary, pertaining to a monk," from Gk. monazein "to live alone."
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Example sentences
Political training has become a routine, and officially mandatory, feature of monastic life.
And yet, at other moments, the production also captures the music and rhythms of the monastic life with both dignity and poetry.
The thanks he has always received for his service makes his monastic existence worthwhile.
It was wrong to make a monastic withdrawal from society, equally wrong to embrace the world.
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