monastic

adjective
🔊/məˈnæstɪk/
🔊/məˈnæstɪk/
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  1. connected with monks or monasteries僧侣的;隐修院的;修道院的
    • a monastic community隐修院修士集体。
    • monastic lands修道院的土地
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  2. (of a way of life生活方式) simple and quiet and possibly celibate宁静简朴的;清修的;禁欲的 synonym ascetic
    • He leads a monastic life with very little contact with other people.他过着与其他人很少接触的修道院生活。
  3. Word Originlate Middle English (referring to a religious person living alone): from late Latin monasticus, from Greek monastikos, from monazein ‘live alone’.