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Monkish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of monks or monasticism.

adj. Inclined to self-denial; ascetic.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism.

adj. Tending to self-denial; ascetic.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Like a monk; pertaining to monks or to the monastic system; monastic: often a term of contempt: as, monkish manners; monkish solitude.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. befitting a monk; inclined to self-denial

Word Usage

"Zacharias Werner, author of a number of romantic melodramas, the heroes of which are described as monkish ascetics, religious mystics, and "spirits who wander on earth in the guise of harp-players" -- Zacharias Werner also went to Vienna and joined the order of Ligorians."

Equivalent

nonindulgent strict

Form

monkishness monkishly

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

monastic

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

monastic priestly mediæval Franciscan penitential buddhist veracious conventual clerical scholastic