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monastic

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Adjective, Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun monastic has 1 sense

Adjective monastic has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

monasticn. 
     A monk.  [1913 Webster]
monastica. [Gr. monk: cf. F. monastique. See Monastery.].
  •  Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Secluded from temporal concerns and devoted to religion; recluse.  Denham.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

monastic, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of or relating to monasteries or the religious communities living in them.
2 resembling these or their way of life; solitary and celibate.
--n. a monk or other follower of a monastic rule.

Derivative
monastically adv. monasticism n. monasticize v.tr. (also -ise).
Etymology
F monastique or LL monasticus f. Gk monastikos (as MONASTERY)

THESAURUS

monastic

abbacomes, abbot, ascetic, beadsman, brother, caloyer, celibataire, celibate, cenobite, claustral, cloistered, conventical, conventual, conventual prior, friar, grand prior, hermit, hieromonach, lay abbot, lay brother, mendicant, misogamic, misogamist, misogynist, misogynous, monachal, monasterial, monk, monkish, nun, palmer, pilgrim, pillar saint, pillarist, priest, prior, religieux, religious, single, stylite, unmarried

ROGET THESAURUS

monastic

Churchdom

N church, churchdom, ministry, apostleship, priesthood, prelacy, hierarch, church government, christendom, pale of the church, clericalism, sacerdotalism, episcopalianism, ultramontanism, theocracy, ecclesiology, ecclesiologist, priestcraft, odium theologicum, monachism, monachy, monasticism, monkhood, pontificate, primacy, archbishopric, archiepiscopacy, prelacy, bishopric, bishopdom, episcopate, episcopacy, see, diocese, deanery, stall, canonry, canonicate, prebend, prebendaryship, benefice, incumbency, glebe, advowson, living, cure, rectorship, vicariate, vicarship, deaconry, deaconship, curacy, chaplain, chaplaincy, chaplainship, cardinalate, cardinalship, abbacy, presbytery, holy orders, ordination, institution, consecration, induction, reading in, preferment, translation, presentation, popedom, the Vatican, the apostolic see, religious sects, council, conclave, convocation, synod, consistory, chapter, vestry, sanhedrim, conge d'elire, ecclesiastical courts, consistorial court, court of Arches, ecclesiastical, ecclesiological, clerical, sacerdotal, priestly, prelatical, pastoral, ministerial, capitular, theocratic, hierarchical, archiepiscopal, episcopal, episcopalian, canonical, monastic, monachal, monkish, abbatial, abbatical, Anglican, pontifical, papal, apostolic, Roman, Popish, ultramontane, priest-ridden.

Temple

N temple, place of worship, house of God, house of prayer, temple, cathedral, minster, church, kirk, chapel, meetinghouse, bethel, tabernacle, conventicle, basilica, fane, holy place, chantry, oratory, synagogue, mosque, marabout, pantheon, pagoda, joss house, dogobah, tope, kiosk, kiack, masjid, parsonage, rectory, vicarage, manse, deanery, glebe, Vatican, bishop's palace, Lambeth, altar, shrine, sanctuary, Holy of Holies, sanctum sanctorum, sacristy, sacrarium, communion table, holy table, Lord's table, table of the Lord, pyx, baptistery, font, piscina, stoup, aumbry, sedile, reredos, rood loft, rood screen, chancel, quire, choir, nave, aisle, transept, vestry, crypt, golgotha, calvary, Easter sepulcher, stall, pew, pulpit, ambo, lectern, reading desk, confessional, prothesis, credence, baldachin, baldacchino, apse, belfry, chapter house, presbytery, anxious-bench, anxious-seat, diaconicum, jube, mourner's bench, mourner's seat, cloisters, churchyard, monastery, priory, abbey, friary, convent, nunnery, cloister, claustral, cloistered, monastic, monasterial, conventual, ne vile fano, there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple.

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