C2adjectiveformalhistoryphilosophy
US/məˈnæs.tɪk/
UK/məˈnæs.tɪk/
relating to monks or nuns, or to the way they live in a religious community
In context
The monastic life includes long hours of prayer and silence.
The ruins of a monastic building stand on the hill.
He lived a monastic existence, with few possessions and no visitors.
Words that go with monastic
adjective + noun
- monastic lifeMonastic life is based on simplicity and routine.
- monastic orderHe joined a monastic order at the age of twenty.
- monastic communityThe monastic community grows its own food.
- monastic traditionThe monastic tradition values silence.
- monastic vowsShe took her monastic vows in the spring.
- monastic existenceAfter the divorce he led a monastic existence.