monastic
- of or relating to monasteries: a monastic library.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of monks or nuns, their manner of life, or their religious obligations: monastic vows.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of a secluded, dedicated, or austere manner of living.
- a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
Origin of monastic
Related Words for monastic
secluded, austere, contemplative, solitary, ascetic, celibate, oblate, reclusive, monkishExamples from the Web for monastic
Contemporary Examples of monastic
Christianity spawned the monastic movement, originally in Egypt, that insisted upon peace, self-reliance, education and charity.
But his period of monastic seclusion officially comes to an end on Thursday.
A Youtube video of some jet-setting Buddhist monks has Thailand scrambling to crack down on materialism in the monastic ranks.
This should be manifestly clear this morning even to the most monastic heirs of David Broder.
You are likely to pass by people who have devoted their lives to monastic services; leave them alone.
Historical Examples of monastic
Many were the efforts to reform the abuses which crept into the monastic houses.
English VillagesP. H. Ditchfield
We will now see the monks at work, and spend a day with them in their monastic home.
English VillagesP. H. Ditchfield
But with the passage of centuries the church and monastic building of Sta.
Portuguese ArchitectureWalter Crum Watson
The rest of the monastic buildings have been in ruins since the siege of 1832.
Portuguese ArchitectureWalter Crum Watson
There's a monastic simplicity about this joint that endears it to me.
The Trail of '98Robert W. Service
monastic
- of or relating to monasteries or monks, nuns, etc
- resembling this sort of life; reclusive
- a person who is committed to this way of life, esp a monk
Word Origin and History for monastic
mid-15c., from Middle French monastique "monkish, monastic," or directly from Late Latin monasticus, from Ecclesiastical Greek monastikos "solitary, pertaining to a monk," from Greek monazein "to live alone" (see monastery). Related: Monastical (c.1400).