monastic (n.)

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

    [ Syn: monk ]

    monastic (adj.)

  1. of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

    [ Syn: cloistered , cloistral , conventual , monastical ]

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