Definition of monastic

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Monastic (n.) A monk.

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Congregation :: Congregation (n.) A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.
Secular :: Secular (n.) A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules..
Conventual :: Conventual (a.) Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic.
Obedience :: Obedience (n.) One of the three monastic vows.
Dom :: Dom (n.) A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See Don, and Dan..
Abbey :: Abbey (n.) A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings..
Monasticon :: Monasticon (n.) A book giving an account of monasteries.
Secularization :: Secularization (n.) The act of rendering secular, or the state of being rendered secular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular; conversion from religious to lay or secular possession and uses; as, the secularization of church property..
Religieux :: Religieux (n. m.) A person bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk.
Monkery :: Monkery (n.) The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach.
Monasticism :: Monasticism (n.) The monastic life, system, or condition..
Religious :: Religious (n.) A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun..
Monachism :: Monachism (n.) The system and influences of a monastic life; monasticism.
Oblati :: Oblati (n. pl.) Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic state.
Monastically :: Monastically (adv.) In a monastic manner.
Monastic :: Monastic (a.) Alt. of Monastica.
Monastical :: Monastical (a.) Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules..
Infirmarian :: Infirmarian (n.) A person dwelling in, or having charge of, an infirmary, esp. in a monastic institution..
Derainment :: Derainment (n.) The renunciation of religious or monastic vows.
Provincial :: Provincial (n.) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order..
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