1.
[syn: cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Monastic \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 concerns and devoted to religion;
recluse. "A life monastic." --Denham.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
monastical
adj 1: of communal life sequestered from the world under
religious vows [syn: cloistered, cloistral,
conventual, monastic, monastical]