adj.
relating to monks, nuns, etc., or the buildings in which they live.
▸resembling monks or their way of life, especially in being austere or celibate.
n.
a monk or other member of a monastic order.
Derivative
- monastically adv.
- monasticism n.
Etymology
ME: from late L. monasticus, from Gk monastikos, from monazein ‘live alone’.
