monastic
Collocations
3ADJ.
new, sure
MONASTIC + NOUN
ambrosius, life, people
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
Of or relating to monasteries or monks.
new monastic people
“Fear not that, Edward,” exclaimed Halbert, who never gave his brother his monastic name of Ambrosius; “none obey the command of real duty so well as those who are free from the observance of slavish bondage.”
noun
A person with monastic ways; a monk.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself t
adjective — of communal life sequestered from the world under religious
- cloistered
- cloistral
- conventual
- monastical
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6new monastic people
Wiktionary“Fear not that, Edward,” exclaimed Halbert, who never gave his brother his monastic name of Ambrosius; “none obey the command of real duty so well as those who are free from the observance of slavish
WiktionaryThe wealthy, self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict, ascetic life led by members of some monastic orders.
Tatoeba · #2000The monastic life is no life for me.
Tatoeba · #3500742The abbess asked Mary if she was completely sure that the monastic life fit her.
Tatoeba · #4904301Some monastic orders engage in repetitive labor as a form of meditation.
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