English adjective: monastic | |||
1. | monastic of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows | ||
Synonyms | cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastical | ||
Similar | unworldly | ||
Antonyms | worldly, secular, temporal | ||
English noun: monastic | |||
1. | monastic (person) a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work | ||
Synonyms | monk | ||
Broader (hypernym) | religious | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Brother, Carthusian, Cistercian, Trappist | ||
Instance hyponym | Bacon, Benedict, Gregor Mendel, Johann Mendel, Mendel, Pelagius, Roger Bacon, Saint Benedict, St. Benedict | ||