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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work;
[syn: monk, monastic]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows;
[syn: cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Monastic \Mo*nas"tic\, n.
   A monk.
   [1913 Webster] Monastic


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.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

monastic
    adj 1: of communal life sequestered from the world under
           religious vows [syn: cloistered, cloistral,
           conventual, monastic, monastical]
    n 1: a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself
         to contemplation and prayer and work [syn: monk,
         monastic]