monastic
IPA: mʌnˈæstɪk
noun
- A person with monastic ways; a monk.
adjective
- Of or relating to monasteries or monks.
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Examples of "monastic" in Sentences
- He had been the head of the monastic school.
- The monastic life is the best means of grace.
- The monastic community declined in the 13th century.
- Most of the monastic buildings surround the cloister.
- The monastic and foundation church became the parish church.
- They will ostracize the good monks from the monastic community.
- Ceolred's appropriation of monastic assets created disaffection.
- The origin of the new monastic movement is difficult to pinpoint.
- The arrangement of the monastic buildings followed the ordinary type.
- Today, the monastery is the home of the monastic sisterhood of Strumica.
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