Monachism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Monasticism.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. monasticism
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The system and influences of a monastic life; monasticism.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The principle of living in the manner of monks; the system or course of life pursued by monks and nuns; primarily, the practice of living alone in religious retirement from the world; religious seclusion; secondarily, the corporate life of religious communities under vows of poverty, celibacy, and obedience to a superior. See monk.
  • n. A monastic characteristic or peculiarity; also, such characteristics collectively.
  • Word Usage
    "In a word monachism was still waiting for the man who should adapt it to Western needs and circumstances and give to it a special form distinct from that of the East."
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