monachism

American  

[mon-uh-kiz-uhm] / ˈmɒn əˌkɪz əm /

noun

1. monasticism.

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Other Word Forms

• monachist adjective

Etymology

Origin of monachism

1570–80; < Late Latin monach ( us ) monk + -ism

Example Sentences

This unusual tendency of monachism, had been learned by Leonardus in Italy, where the mode of education, and all the views of a religious life, are much more cheerful than among the Catholics of Germany.

From The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

It was to be characterized by the most powerful and universal sway of Divine Love, a clear vision of the eternal truths, and the rise of a contemplative monachism.

From Saint Bonaventure The Seraphic Doctor Minister-General of the Franciscan Order by Costelloe, Laurence

Even to this day we ourselves dream grotesque adventures; but in the days of monachism visions were not merely a mere vivid and lengthened dream, a slight delirium, for they usually announced something important.

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

Relation of monachism to these virtues, 189, et seq.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

But in the West, monachism assumed very different forms, and exercised far higher functions.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole