monastic
noun
- relating to monks or to a monastery
adjective
- related to monks or monasteries
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /məˈnæstɪk/
adj
Etymology: From Middle French monastique, from Late Latin monasticus.
- 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.
- A person with monastic ways; a monk.