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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These are monachal topics and maxims of the cloister.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Peter Anthony Motteux
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
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
The God Fo, born in Cashmere B. C. 1027, the author of the Braminical religion, strenuously advocated monachal institutions.
From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by John Alberger
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 Ernest Renan
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