monastic

Example Sentences

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“We continue discerning with our Order where to live our Cistercian monastic life, keeping you informed as this process unfolds,” they said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

And his monastic clarity led to magical products.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

And then as I say in the book, I came home and turned on the TV and saw a documentary about Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk, and monastic life and the priesthood.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

Then there’s Alton Brown’s “Burger of the Gods,” which is somehow even simpler — almost monastic in its restraint.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025

There were two beds separated by a monastic partition.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway