monastic
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(noun) a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work |
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Synonyms: monk |
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Related Words: Benedict, Brother, Cistercian, Gregor Johann Mendel, Gregor Mendel, Mendel, Saint Benedict, Trappist, religious |
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(satellite adjective) of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows |
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Synonyms: cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastical |
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