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monasticism definition

mo·nas·ti·cism (-tə siz′əm)

noun

the monastic system or way of life

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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