Monastic+life
11Monastic — Mo*nas tic, Monastical Mo*nas tic*al, a. [Gr. ? monk: cf. F. monastique. See {Monastery}.] 1. Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules. [1913 Webster] 2. Secluded from temporal… …
12monastic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to monks or nuns or their communities. 2) resembling monks or their way of life, especially in being austere or reclusive. DERIVATIVES monastically adverb monasticism noun …
13life — n. 1) to lead a life (to lead a busy life) 2) to prolong; save a life 3) to devote one s life (to smt.) 4) to spend one s life (doing smt.) 5) to give, lay down, sacrifice; risk one s life 6) to claim, snuff out, take a life (she took her own… …
14Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem — Opening vespers for the new community in Groß St. Martin, Cologne, April 2009 The Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem were founded in 1975 by Brother Pierre Marie Delfieux (currently prior general) with the aim of promoting the spirit of the… …
15Monastic schools in Burma — The Buddhist monastic school system in Burma is an old educational system with a very long history, dated back to 11th Century King Anawrahta period. The schools provided important educational needs throughout Burma s history and they were the… …
16Monastic grange — The Abbey Barn, Yeovil, Somerset, England A monastic grange was a manor or other centre of an outlying farming estate belonging to a monastery and used for food production in Great Britain, Ireland, or Austria. In France such a supporting… …
17monastic — monastically, adv. /meuh nas tik/, adj. Also, monastical. 1. of or pertaining to monasteries: a monastic library. 2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of monks or nuns, their manner of life, or their religious obligations: monastic vows. 3. of …
18monastic — adjective 1 concerned with or relating to monks or monasteries: monastic lands 2 someone who has a monastic way of life lives alone and very simply monastically / kli/ adverb monasticism noun (U) …
19monastic — mo•nas•tic [[t]məˈnæs tɪk[/t]] adj. Also, mo•nas′ti•cal. 1) rel of or pertaining to monks, nuns, or monasteries: monastic vows 2) rel of or resembling the secluded, dedicated, or austere life characteristic of a monastery 3) rel a member of a… …
20monastic — adjective Date: circa 1563 1. of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns 2. resembling (as in seclusion or ascetic simplicity) life in a monastery • monastic noun • monastically adverb • monasticism noun …
