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English adjective: monastic

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


Synonymscloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastical


Similarunworldly


Antonymsworldly, secular, temporal


English noun: monastic

1. monastic (person) a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work


Synonymsmonk


Broader (hypernym)religious


Narrower (hyponym)Brother, Carthusian, Cistercian, Trappist


Instance hyponymBacon, Benedict, Gregor Mendel, Johann Mendel, Mendel, Pelagius, Roger Bacon, Saint Benedict, St. Benedict









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