monachal

American  

[mon-uh-kuhl] / ˈmɒn ə kəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to monks or their life; monastic.

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monachal British  

/ ˈmɒnəkəl /

adjective

1. a less common word for monastic

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Other Word Forms

• monachism noun
• monachist adjective

Etymology

Origin of monachal

1580–90; < Late Latin monachālis, equivalent to Late Latin monach ( us ) monk + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

For its 20th anniversary last week, the little monastery in the village of Taiz�, just north of the medieval monachal center of Cluny, held a major celebration.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her thin hands were lying on her lap, her facial immobility had in it something monachal.

From Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph

These are monachal topics and maxims of the cloister.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

Therese had appeared herself in her brown garb and as monachal as ever. 

From The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Conrad, Joseph

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