monastic

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>Are you envisioning a monastic-like groupNo, I did not think about it that way.

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Quick take

a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

adjective

of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for monastic.

noun

a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

adjective

of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

Example sentences

>Are you envisioning a monastic-like groupNo, I did not think about it that way.

And, are the people who build coal power plants part of a monastic order that shields them from making selfish bad decisions?

Actually, according to the Buddhist monastic code they aren't allowed to have money.

If you plan to live a monastic life or a certain lifestyle that allows you to get away with being uninformed then this is good advice.

Most cultures throughout history have a monastic class of some sort, who renounce many aspects of conventional life to pursue other aims.

Those retreats are for laypersons, including beginners, but the rules are similar to the most intense meditation periods of monastic buddhist life.

In a monastic population studied only 5% lived past 45 and excavations of anglo-saxon cemeteries dated at 600-1000 CE found no one older than 45.

For example Luther rejected that something like agricultural work was inherently less valuable than a monastic calling.

Are you envisioning a monastic-like group dedicated to turning productive making toward eradicating human suffering and the like?

You're more likely to find false prophets, psychosis, and disturbing detachment from reality in Williamsburg drug culture than in monastic Buddhism, but this is a contrived comparison that maybe doesn't mean very much.

If you're obligated to give up your car before writing about global warming, or obligated to become a vegan before writing about animal cruelty, or obligated to take monastic vows before writing about conflict in domestic relationships -- then you'll probably never write about any of these issues.