monastic

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Tickletoby notwithstanding peremptorily bid him provide himself elsewhere if he would, and not to hope for anything out of his monastical wardrobe.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

Even the deep rumble of London traffic was monastical by comparison with some cities he could name; and the country—why, it was Paradise.

From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Kipling, Rudyard

Q. Does the law of nature look on that absolute chastity so recommended in monastical institutions, as a virtue?

From The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature by Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François)

To become a convert to this new order, adopting non-animal food and hygienic living, is not synonymous with monastical asceticism, as some imagine.

From No Animal Food and Nutrition and Diet with Vegetable Recipes by Wheldon, Rupert H.

The close is not large, and of course, as Lichfield is a cathedral of the old establishment, there are no monastical buildings, no ruined cloisters.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.