monastic

mo·nas·tic

M0381600 (mə-năs′tĭk)adj. also mo·nas·ti·cal (-tĭ-kəl)1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a monastery. Used often of monks and nuns.2. Resembling life in a monastery in style, structure, or manner, especially:a. Secluded and contemplative.b. Strictly disciplined or regimented.c. Self-abnegating; austere.n. A monk.

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[Middle English monastik, from Old French monastique, from Late Latin monasticus, from Late Greek monastikos, from Greek monazein, to live alone; see monastery.]

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mo·nas′ti·cal·ly adv.

monastic

(məˈnæstɪk) adj1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) of or relating to monasteries or monks, nuns, etc2. resembling this sort of life; reclusiven (Ecclesiastical Terms) a person who is committed to this way of life, esp a monk moˈnastically adv

mo•nas•tic

(məˈnæs tɪk)

adj. Also, mo•nas′ti•cal. 1. of or pertaining to monks, nuns, or monasteries: monastic vows. 2. of or resembling the secluded, dedicated, or austere life characteristic of a monastery. n. 3. a member of a monastic community or order, esp. a monk. [1400–50; < Late Latin monasticus < Late Greek monastikós; see monastery, -tic] mo•nas′ti•cal•ly, adv. mo•nas′ti•cism, n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	monastic - a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and workmonkBrother - (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address; "a Benedictine Brother"Carthusian - a member of the Carthusian orderreligious - a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedienceCistercian, Trappist - member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence
Adj.	1.	monastic - of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vowscloistered, cloistral, conventual, monasticalunworldly - not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney

monastic

adjective monkish, secluded, cloistered, reclusive, withdrawn, austere, celibate, contemplative, ascetic, sequestered, hermit-like, conventual, cenobitic, coenobitic, cloistral, eremitic, monachal He was drawn to the monastic life.

Translations

修道院的

monastery

(ˈmonəstəri) – plural ˈmonasteries – noun a house in which a community of monks lives. 修道院(修士的) 修道院moˈnastic (-ˈnӕ-) adjective of, or like, monks or monasteries. the monastic way of life. 修道院的 修道院的