monachal
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of monachal
1580–90; < Late Latin monachālis, equivalent to Late Latin monach ( us ) monk + -ālis -al 1
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Even in the imperfect light her appearance suggested something cold and monachal.
From Romance by Joseph Conrad
Installed at the château, the Abbé Boiviel conformed himself with a very good grace to the monachal existence led by its inmates.
From The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 by Various
These are monachal topics and maxims of the cloister.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Peter Anthony Motteux
Her thin hands were lying on her lap, her facial immobility had in it something monachal.
From Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad
Therese had appeared herself in her brown garb and as monachal as ever.
From The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Joseph Conrad
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