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[ muh -nas -tik ] SHOW IPA
/ məˈnæs tɪk / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective Also mo·nas·ti·cal. 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.
noun a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
Origin of monastic First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English monastik, from Middle French monastique or directly from Late Latin monasticus, from Late Greek monastikós, equivalent to monas- (derivative of monázein “to be alone, live alone”) + -ikos adjective suffix, with -t- by analogy with derivatives of agent nouns in -tēs; see mon-,-ic: cf. athlete)
OTHER WORDS FROM monastic mo·nas·ti·cal·ly, adverb non·mo·nas·tic, adjective non·mo·nas·ti·cal·ly, adverb pseu·do·mo·nas·tic, adjective
pseu·do·mo·nas·ti·cal, adjective pseu·do·mo·nas·ti·cal·ly, adverb sem·i·mo·nas·tic, adjective un·mo·nas·tic, adjective un·mo·nas·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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Example sentences from the Web for monastic Christianity spawned the monastic movement, originally in Egypt, that insisted upon peace, self-reliance, education and charity.
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This should be manifestly clear this morning even to the most monastic heirs of David Broder.
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Monastic chapters in episcopal churches were almost unknown out of England.
William the Conqueror | Edward Augustus Freeman
During this same century the monastic life made its appearance in Gaul.
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He is reconciled at last to his son (whom for a long time he refused to see); although not, I believe, to his monastic profession.
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Appointed Abbot of Glastonbury in 945, he began to reform the monastic life by restoring the early purity and simplicity.
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British Dictionary definitions for monastic adjective monastical of or relating to monasteries or monks, nuns, etc
resembling this sort of life; reclusive
noun a person who is committed to this way of life, esp a monk
Derived forms of monastic monastically , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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