Monasticism

3 definitions found

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

  Monasticism \Mo*nas"ti*cism\, n.
     The monastic life, system, or condition. --Milman.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  monasticism
       n : asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in
           a community under a common rule and characterized by
           celibacy and poverty and obedience

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

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "monasticism":
     Albigensianism, Catharism, Franciscanism, Sabbatarianism, Trappism,
     Waldensianism, Yoga, abstinence, anchoritic monasticism,
     anchoritism, asceticism, austerity, bachelordom, bachelorhood,
     bachelorism, bachelorship, celibacy, continence, eremitism,
     fasting, flagellation, friarhood, maceration, maidenhead,
     maidenhood, mendicantism, misogamy, misogyny, monachism, monkery,
     mortification, puritanism, rigor, self-denial, self-mortification,
     single blessedness, single state, singleness, spinsterhood,
     unwed state, virgin state, virginity, voluntary poverty