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monastic

/muh-nas-tik/US // məˈnæs tɪk //UK // (məˈnæstɪk) //

寺院,修道院,僧侣,寺庙

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Also mo·nas·ti·cal.

    • : of or relating to monasteries: a monastic library.
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of monks or nuns, their manner of life, or their religious obligations: monastic vows.
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of a secluded, dedicated, or austere manner of living.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.

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Examples

  • The concept advocates an almost monastic outlook, including not getting married, not having children, not having a job, not owning property, and consuming as little as possible.

  • These saints had been assigned female at birth but lived out their lives as men in male monastic communities.

  • I’m so shocked that we continue to interview talent in that one to one monastic way.

  • By the way, if you went into monastic silence, then you’d probably be the exact same way, just by glaring.

  • Christianity spawned the monastic movement, originally in Egypt, that insisted upon peace, self-reliance, education and charity.

  • A similar monastic silence reigned, and the atmosphere was also of high seriousness and hygiene.

  • But his period of monastic seclusion officially comes to an end on Thursday.

  • A Youtube video of some jet-setting Buddhist monks has Thailand scrambling to crack down on materialism in the monastic ranks.

  • This should be manifestly clear this morning even to the most monastic heirs of David Broder.

  • In short, Marcella had been too long under her tuition, to become a willing devotee to the monastic rites of the Romish Church.

  • Ample tolerance of all religions and sects, but abolition and expulsion of all monastic Orders.

  • A bill brought into the English parliament vesting in the crown all the property of the monastic institutions.

  • Imagine, nowadays, I am often drawn towards the monastic life, or something similar.

  • The girl leaned over and remade my monastic white cot, giving the pillow a final pat to smooth it.