monastic
monastics; monastically
Monastic means like in a monastery. So what is it like in a monastery? Well, it's solitary, somewhat isolated, plain, and disciplined. If you take monastic vows, you promise to live this way.
Being monastic might sound like a strange or a hard thing to be, but you can compare it to student life very well. Both monks and students spend a lot of time studying books. Monks like quiet, and students need quiet to get work done. Monks live in a community devoted to religion, and students study in a community devoted to learning. The stereotypical party lifestyle of a student isn't very monastic though.
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of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
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synonyms:
cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastical
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unworldly
not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations
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unworldly
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resembling life in a monastery, as by being austere or solitary
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a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
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synonyms:
monk
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Roger Bacon
English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)
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Saint Benedict
Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)
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Gregor Mendel
Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884)
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Pelagius
a British or Irish monk who denied the doctrines of original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will; his views were declared heretical by the Council of Ephesus in 431 (circa 360-418)
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types:
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Brother
(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address
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Carthusian
a member of the Carthusian order
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Cistercian, Trappist
member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence
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type of:
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religious
a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
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