HyperDic: monasticism

English > 1 sense of the word monasticism:
NOUNattributemonasticismasceticism as a form of religious life
monasticism > pronunciation
Soundsmahnae'stahsih.zahm
Rhymesabolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm...
English > monasticism: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaningasceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience.
Narrowereremitismmonasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience
Broaderausterity, asceticism, nonindulgenceThe trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
Spanishmonacato
Catalanmonacat, monaquisme

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