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monastic

[muh-nas-tik] / məˈnæs tɪk /
ADJECTIVE
with communal life
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In return, he left us a sublime body of work, one that languished in astonishing critical neglect until the mid-19th and early-20th centuries, the result of a dwindling taste for monastic and devotional art.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The monastic community extended "its heartfelt condolences to her family and friends".

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Buddhism-themed tourism is thriving and tens of thousands of locals and foreigners sign up every year for "temple stay" retreats where they eat simple monastic food, do chores and meditate.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

“We were supposed to live uncomfortable lives. And I was sort of monastic about it.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2026

There were two beds separated by a monastic partition.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway




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