monastic

noun

a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

adjective

of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

Roots

monosmon- · Greek · one, alone

Synonyms for monastic

conventualadj monachal monkn monasterial cloisteredadj monkishadj religieux claustral cenobiten caloyer

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