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monasticism|məˈnæstɪsɪz(ə)m|
[f. monastic + -ism.]
The monastic system or mode of life.
1795Milner Hist. Ch. Christ iv. xix. (1812) II. 243 Monasticism continued to make a rapid progress through this whole century. 1845H. Rogers Ess. (1874) I. iii. 144 The church would soon have fallen back, like the purified forms of monasticism, into its ancient corruptions. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1877) II. x. 452 Monasticism, in one form or another, was dominant for some ages. 1883Contemp. Rev. Dec. 806 No one can question the services rendered to civilization by western monasticism. |