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Monastic   /mənˈæstɪk/   Listen
adjective
Monastical, Monastic  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules.
2.
Secluded from temporal concerns and devoted to religion; recluse. "A life monastic."


noun
Monastic  n.  A monk.





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"Monastic" Quotes from Famous Books



... sleeping peacefully. His features—refined by the mental anxiety, and the almost monastic seclusion to which he has been lately subjected—are extremely pleasing, and even handsome, set-off as they are by the clean collar which he has put on in anticipation of his approaching doom. Before sinking into childlike slumber, he listened with evident pleasure ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., November 29, 1890 • Various
... is still a monastic order the pleasant duty of whose members is to enjoy themselves as much as possible. It has been much the same in Europe. "Representez-vous le convent de l'Escurial ou du Mont Cassin, ou les cenobites ont toutes sortes de commodities, necessaires, utiles, delectables. ...
— Vikram and the Vampire • Sir Richard F. Burton
... to give sketches of London, its appearance, its life and manners, at various stages of its history. We have tried to describe its historic buildings, its fortress, its churches, the Exchange, and other houses noted in its annals. Monastic London is represented by the Charterhouse. Legal London finds expression in the histories of the Temple and the Inns of Court. Royal London is described by the story of its Palaces; and the old ...
— Memorials of Old London - Volume I • Various
... "Political prudence," which is directed to the common good of the state, "domestic economy" which is of such things as relate to the common good of the household or family, and "monastic economy" which is concerned with things affecting the good of one person, are all distinct sciences. Therefore in like manner there are different kinds of prudence, corresponding to ...
— Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) • Thomas Aquinas
... motives that are taken from Eastern, Southern, or Northern inspirations; but it is only in large national schools of arts or crafts that an absolutely recognizable style becomes apparent. For example, the early French silks from monastic establishments are not remarkable for either style or texture till the sixteenth century, when they came to the front as a national manufacture, and have held the highest place ...
— Needlework As Art • Marian Alford


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