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monachism|ˈmɒnəkɪz(ə)m|
[f. L. monach-us monk + -ism. Cf. F. monachisme.]
1. The mode or rule of life distinctive of monks and nuns; the monastic system or principle; monasticism.
1577Holinshed Descr. Brit. vii. 11/2 Augustine..thinking this sufficient for..the stablishment of hys monachisme. 1615W. Hull Mirr. Maiestie 44 Popish Monachisme desineth and confineth profession of religion, to bare contemplation and meditation. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 375 From the time of King Edgar, to the Reign of Henry viii, Monachism had been growing here in England. 1862Macm. Mag. Sept. 370 Monachism..separates the duty of charity from domestic duty, making the one the task of the nun alone, and the other of the wife and mother. 1876J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. II. i. v. 97 Monachism became..nothing else than a peculiar department of the Christian ministry.
†2. A monkish characteristic. Obs.
1670Milton Hist. Brit. Wks. 1738 II. 70 Florence of Worcester, Huntingdon, Simeon of Durham,..with all their Monachisms. |