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monastical
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective monastical has 1 sense
- monastical(s = adj.all) cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic - of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
monastical, a. [Gr. monk: cf. F. monastique. See Monastery.].
- Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules. [1913 Webster]
- Secluded from temporal concerns and devoted to religion; recluse. Denham. [1913 Webster]
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