monastic meaning

• Adjective: monastic  mu'nastik
  1. Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
     - cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastical
  Noun: monastic  mu'nastik
  1. A male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
     - monk

  Derived forms: monastics

  See also: unworldly

  Type of: religious

  Encyclopedia: Monastic

• monastic habit:    Noun: monastic hab ...
• monastic order:    Noun: monastic ord ...

Examples

1. a monastic disciple asked him, " why are you coming back?
2. sherabling monastic seat from october to december 2005
3. the monastic community generally lives a life of simplicity
4. monastic island of reichenau at bodensee
5. st sergius founded in this area a secluded monastic abode