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monastic

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Adjective

of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

Noun

a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

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Synonyms:
cloistered cloistral conventual monastical monk

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majestic monastic monistic mystic mastic
Words contain "monastic":
monastic monastic habit monastic order monastical monasticism
Words contain "monastic" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
order of saint benedict benedictine order consuetudinal consuetudinary scapulary augustinian order augustinian hermits hospice augustinian canons austin friars more...

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