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
Example Sentences
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Jesus did not advance beyond this first and entirely monachal period, in which it was believed that the impossible could be attempted with impunity.
From The Life of Jesus by Renan, Ernest
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
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
The cloisters, too, were at first fortresses of civilization, labor, agriculture, artisanship, and, though with monachal limitations, they were yet transmitters of literary and classical antiquity.
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann
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