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

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

I would class the C�dmonian poem among the many attempts of the monachal genius to familiarize the people with the miraculous and the religious narratives in the Scriptures, by a paraphrase in the vernacular idiom.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

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

These are monachal topics and maxims of the cloister.

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