Monastical

2 definitions found

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.
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     2. Secluded from temporal concerns and devoted to religion;
        recluse. "A life monastic." --Denham.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  monastical
       adj : of communal life sequestered from the world under religious
             vows [syn: {cloistered}, {cloistral}, {conventual}, {monastic}]