Monastic
[mə'næstɪk]
Definition
(n.) A monk.
(a.) Alt. of Monastical
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Monkish.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Conventual, cenobitical, regular, monkish
ANT:Unconventual, social, secular
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Examples
- The village of Nunnely has been alluded to--its old church, its forest, its monastic ruins. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He projected great pilgrimages and a monastic life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Where lay the link of junction, where the little clasp of this monastic necklace? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Now the monastic organization of Benedict was a very great beginning in the western world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Madame had no sort of taste for a monastic life, and took care--largely, though discreetly--to season her existence with a relish of the world. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Let them speak the doom which I despise, and erase the name of Bois-Guilbert from their list of monastic slaves! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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