monastic
English Thesaurus
1. a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | religious, |
| definition | : | a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | brother, |
| definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | carthusian, |
| definition | : | a member of the Carthusian order (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | cistercian, trappist, |
| definition | : | member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | bacon, roger bacon, |
| definition | : | English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | gregor mendel, johann mendel, mendel, |
| definition | : | Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | pelagius, |
| definition | : | a British or Irish monk who denied the doctrines of original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will; his views were declared heretical by the Council of Ephesus in 431 (circa 360-418) (noun.person) |
2. of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows (adj.all)
| similar | : | unworldly, |
| definition | : | not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations (adj.all) |
3. a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work (noun.person)
4. of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows (adj.all)
| derivation | : | convent, |
| definition | : | a religious residence especially for nuns (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | cloister, religious residence, |
| definition | : | residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | convent, |
| definition | : | a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | monastic, monk, |
| definition | : | a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work (noun.person) |
5. a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work (noun.person)
6. of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows (adj.all)
| derivation | : | convent, |
| definition | : | a religious residence especially for nuns (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | cloister, religious residence, |
| definition | : | residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | convent, |
| definition | : | a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | monastic, monk, |
| definition | : | a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work (noun.person) |
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