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monastic

noun

  1. relating to monks or to a monastery
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adjective

  1. related to monks or monasteries
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /məˈnæstɪk/

adj

Etymology: From Middle French monastique, from Late Latin monasticus.

  1. Of or relating to monasteries or monks.

    new monastic people

    “Fear not that, Edward,” exclaimed Halbert, who never gave his brother his monastic name of Ambrosius; “none obey the command of real duty so well as those who are free from the observance of slavish bondage.”

noun

Etymology: From Middle French monastique, from Late Latin monasticus.

  1. A person with monastic ways; a monk.