contemplative
given to or characterized by contemplation: a contemplative mind.
a person devoted to contemplation, as a monk.
Origin of contemplative
1Other words for contemplative
Other words from contemplative
- con·tem·pla·tive·ly, adverb
- con·tem·pla·tive·ness, noun
- non·con·tem·pla·tive, adjective
- non·con·tem·pla·tive·ly, adverb
- non·con·tem·pla·tive·ness, noun
- un·con·tem·pla·tive, adjective
- un·con·tem·pla·tive·ly, adverb
- un·con·tem·pla·tive·ness, noun
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How to use contemplative in a sentence
Thus those are not termed "contemplatives" who merely contemplate, but they who devote their lives to contemplation.
On Prayer and The Contemplative Life | St. Thomas AquinasDante places him in Paradise among the great contemplatives.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'ReillyThe greatest contemplatives, returning from their highest ascents, can only tell us of a world that is "unwalled."
Practical Mysticism | Evelyn UnderhillWe are both, he paused and then added with dignity, contemplatives by nature.
The Romance of His Life | Mary CholmondeleyThe Contemplatives are contributing it every day, and all day long.
Mariquita | John Ayscough
British Dictionary definitions for contemplative
/ (ˈkɒntɛmˌpleɪtɪv, -təm-, kənˈtɛmplə-) /
denoting, concerned with, or inclined to contemplation; meditative
a person dedicated to religious contemplation or to a way of life conducive to this
Derived forms of contemplative
- contemplatively, adverb
- contemplativeness, noun
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