monastic
monastic Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Relating to monks, nuns, or others living under religious vows, or the buildings and communities in which they live.
"The medieval manuscript was carefully preserved in a remote monastic library for centuries."
Resembling or characteristic of a monk's way of life; austere, solitary, simple, and self-denying.
"The writer retreated to a small cabin in the woods, adopting an almost monastic lifestyle to finish his novel."
• noun
A monk, nun, or other person living under religious vows in a monastery or convent.
"Early Christian monastics often sought spiritual clarity in the solitude of the Egyptian desert."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from French monastique or Late Latin monasticus, from Ecclesiastical Greek monastikos, derived from monazein ('to live alone'), ultimately from monos ('alone').