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monachal

[ mon-uh-kuhl ]

adjective

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


monachal

/ ˈmɒnəkəl /

adjective

  1. a less common word for monastic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈmonachist, adjectivenoun
  • ˈmonachism, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of monachal1

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

Origin of monachal1

C16: from Old French, from Church Latin monachālis, from monachus monk
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Example Sentences

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

Even in the imperfect light her appearance suggested something cold and monachal.

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

To think of this would compel you towards a monachal literature, hard and contemptuous of vile lust.

My passion for my mistress had something fierce about it, for all my life had been severely monachal.

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