| 单词 | monastic |
| 释义 | monastic (once / 1469 pages) adjn Monastic means like in a monastery. So what is it like in a monastery? Well, it's solitary, somewhat isolated, plain, and disciplined. If you take monastic vows, you promise to live this way. Being monastic might sound like a strange or a hard thing to be, but you can compare it to student life very well. Both monks and students spend a lot of time studying books. Monks like quiet, and students need quiet to get work done. Monks live in a community devoted to religion, and students study in a community devoted to learning. The stereotypical party lifestyle of a student isn't very monastic though. WORD FAMILYmonastic: monastical, monastically, monasticism, monastics USAGE EXAMPLESIt is one of three monasteries of the original branch of the scholarly, monastic order operating today. Seattle Times(Dec 26, 2016) In words borrowed from the monastic rite of Compline, Hunthausen with Ryan’s help chose to “resist, steadfast in the faith.” Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) Other monastic brewing operations, he explained, have grown into million-dollar enterprises with many workers. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1adj of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows Syn cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastical unworldly not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations 2n a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper monk Roger Bacon English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292) Saint BenedictItalian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547) Gregor MendelAugustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884) Pelagiusa British or Irish monk who denied the doctrines of original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will; his views were declared heretical by the Council of Ephesus in 431 (circa 360-418) Brother (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address Carthusiana member of the Carthusian order Cistercian, Trappistmember of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence religious a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience |
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