Monastic Mnemonic
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monastic
monastic
/məˈnæstɪk/
Examples
- They will ostracize the good monks from the monastic community.
- Most of the monastic buildings surround the cloister.
- The monastic community declined in the 13th century.
- The monastic life is the best means of grace.
- Ceolred's appropriation of monastic assets created disaffection.
- He had been the head of the monastic school.
- The arrangement of the monastic buildings followed the ordinary type.
- The monastic and foundation church became the parish church.
- The origin of the new monastic movement is difficult to pinpoint.
- Today, the monastery is the home of the monastic sisterhood of Strumica.
a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
noun
of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
adjective
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"Monk + Plastic. A monk lives alone, rejecting plastic and all material things."
"Moan + Plastic. The monk moans about too much plastic, living a simple, secluded life."
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