monastical

mo·nas·tic

M0381600 (mə-năs′tĭk)adj. also mo·nas·ti·cal (-tĭ-kəl)1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a monastery. Used often of monks and nuns.2. Resembling life in a monastery in style, structure, or manner, especially:a. Secluded and contemplative.b. Strictly disciplined or regimented.c. Self-abnegating; austere.n. A monk.

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[Middle English monastik, from Old French monastique, from Late Latin monasticus, from Late Greek monastikos, from Greek monazein, to live alone; see monastery.]

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mo·nas′ti·cal·ly adv.

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monastical - of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vowscloistered, cloistral, conventual, monasticunworldly - not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney