| NOUN | attribute | monasticism | asceticism as a form of religious life |
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| Sounds | mahnae'stahsih.zahm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience. | |
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| Narrower | eremitism | monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience |
| Broader | austerity, asceticism, nonindulgence | The trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) |
| Spanish | monacato | |
| Catalan | monacat, monaquisme | |
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