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monasterial, a. Now rare.|mɒnəˈstɪərɪəl|
[f. L. monastēri-um (see monastery) + -al1.]
Belonging to or of the nature of a monastery.
c1420Lydg. Assembly of Gods 913 Monasteriall monks. 1632Lithgow Trav. i. 19 Idle monasteriall Loyterers. Ibid. v. 219 False miracles, first inuented partly by monasteriall pouerty. 1670Walton Lives ii. 134 [He declared] himself for the Church of Rome;..betaking himself to a monasterial life. 1845Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. I. 250 Motives which led to the first monasterial establishments. 1846Card. Wiseman Fate of Sacrilege Ess. 1853 I. 370 Sir Edward Dodsworth..possessed the monasterial property of Newland.
Hence monaˈsterially adv., like a monk.
1653Urquhart Rabelais i. Prol. 3 It is not the habit makes the Monk, many being Monasterially accoutred, who inwardly are nothing lesse then monachal. |