Contemplative Definition

kən-tĕmplə-tĭv, kŏntəm-plā-
adjective
Of or inclined to contemplation; thoughtful; meditative.
Webster's New World

Pertaining especially to a contemplative Roman Catholic religious or one of the contemplative Roman Catholic religious orders.

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noun
A person given to contemplation.
American Heritage
One who is dedicated to religious meditation, esp. in a religious order.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Contemplative

Noun

Singular:
contemplative
Plural:
contemplatives

Origin of Contemplative

  • From Old French contemplatif, from the participle stem of Latin contemplāre.

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Contemplative Sentence Examples

  • His contemplative gaze ran over her face and paused on her lips.

  • She was contemplative and calm, sad but not suicidal.

  • His intention was to spend the rest of his life in contemplative piety.

  • The life of the choir-monks was predominantly contemplative, 1 Specimen passages, and also a general picture of the life, will be found in Miss Alice Gardner's Theodore of Studium, ch.

  • The life is mainly given up to devotional contemplative exercises; the church services are of extreme length; intellectual study is little cultivated; manual labour has almost disappeared; there are many hermits on Athos.

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