Monastic

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Monastic \Mo*nas"tic\, n.
     A monk.
     [1913 Webster] Monastic

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Monastic \Mo*nas"tic\, Monastical \Mo*nas"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?
     monk: cf. F. monastique. See {Monastery}.]
     1. Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants,
        rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Secluded from temporal concerns and devoted to religion;
        recluse. "A life monastic." --Denham.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  monastic
       adj : of communal life sequestered from the world under religious
             vows [syn: {cloistered}, {cloistral}, {conventual}, {monastical}]
       n : a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself
           to contemplation and prayer and work [syn: {monk}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "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