monastic
monastic
Definition
mo·nas·tic (mə nas′tik)
adjective
- of or characteristic of a monastery
- of or characteristic of monks or nuns or their way of life; ascetic, austere, etc.
Etymology: ME monastik < ML(Ec) monasticus < LGr(Ec) < Gr monastikos < monazein: see monastery
noun
one living a monastic life
mo·nas′·ti·cally adverb
monastic
Synonyms
monastic
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- take: They come from 20 different countries and have taken lifelong monastic vows, while at the same time retaining their own denominations.
- want: I use no java or frames, wanting fellow monastics on low budgets with old programs to have equal access.
Adjective modifier
- fellow: I use no java or frames, wanting fellow monastics on low budgets with old programs to have equal access.
- old: Lindisfarne Priory, the oldest monastic ruin in the county, dates from 1093.
- large: As the name suggests Bolton Abbey was originally a large monastic Estate, based around the 12 th century priory.
Modifies a noun
- grange: By the 14th century, large upland areas of the Yorkshire Dales were given over to monastic granges.
- precinct: This site offered the monks greater scope for the laying out of a monastic precinct on a large scale.
- cartulary: They were included in some surveys of ecclesiastical property and records pertaining to them may also appear in monastic cartularies or bishop's registers.
- cloister: Early in 2001 a northern cloister was opened where once the monastic cloister stood.
- calm: Subsequent alterations and restorations of the beautiful little church have taken place at various times but it retains an atmosphere of monastic calm.
- refectory: The repeated alterations may have taken their toll on the medieval buildings of the former monastic refectory.
Modifying Another Word
- almost: Ours was an entirely masculine, almost monastic society.
- also: An odd feature of the medieval Church in England was that a number of cathedrals were also monastic churches.
- too: Or we fall into the category of trying to maintain too monastic a diet for too long.
Noun used with modifier
- Buddhist: The Western Buddhist milieu may also require a heuristic recovery of the Vinaya tradition of Buddhist monastic regulation.
- century: Examine the sundial in the forecourt, believed to be of 8th century monastic origin.
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