monastic

See also: monàstic

English

Alternative forms

• monastick

Etymology

From Middle French monastique, from Late Latin monasticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈnæstɪk/

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• Rhymes: -æstɪk

Adjective

monastic (comparative more monastic, superlative most monastic)

1. Of or relating to monasteries or monks.

   new monastic people

   • 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 344:

     “Fear not that, Edward,” exclaimed Halbert, who never gave his brother his monastic name of Ambrosius; “none obey the command of real duty so well as those who are free from the observance of slavish bondage.”

Derived terms

• semimonastic

Related terms

• monastery
• monasticism
• monk

Translations

of or relating to monasteries or monks

Armenian: վանական (hy) (vanakan) Asturian: monásticu, monacal Basque: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: монашески (bg) (monašeski) Catalan: monàstic (ca), monacal Czech: mnišský (cs) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: monastiek (nl), kloosterlijk (nl), kloosterachtig Esperanto: monaĥa Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: luostari-, luostarimainen (monastery), munkki-, munkkimainen (monk) French: monastique (fr) Friulian: monastic, monacâl Galician: monástico, monacal Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: mönchisch (de), klösterlich (de) Greek: μοναστικός (el) (monastikós), μοναχικός (el) (monachikós) Hebrew: פרוש (he) m (paruš) Hungarian: szerzetesi (hu), monasztikus Italian: monastico (it), monacale (it), fratesco m Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: мо́нашки (mónaški), калу́ѓерски (kalúǵerski), мана́стирски (manástirski) Occitan: monastic (oc) Polish: monastyczny (pl), mnisi (pl) Portuguese: monacal (pt), monástico (pt) Romanian: monastic (ro), monahal (ro) Russian: мона́шеский (ru) (monášeskij), монасты́рский (ru) (monastýrskij) Slovak: mníšsky Spanish: monástico (es), monacal (es), monjil, frailuno (es) Swedish: kloster- (monastery), munk- (monk) Tocharian B: ṣamāññe Ukrainian: черне́чий m (černéčyj) (of a monk), черне́цький (černécʹkyj) (of a monk), черни́чий (černýčyj) (of a nun) Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

Noun

monastic (plural monastics)

1. A person with monastic ways; a monk.

Translations

person with monastic ways

Armenian: վանական (hy) (vanakan) Greek: μοναχός (el) m (monachós) Hungarian: szerzetes (hu) Polish: mnich (pl) m, mniszka (pl) f

Friulian

Adjective

monastic

1. monastic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French monastique.

Adjective

monastic m or n (feminine singular monastică, masculine plural monastici, feminine and neuter plural monastice)

1. monastic

Declension

Declension of monastic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	monastic		monastică		monastici	monastice
	definite	monasticul		monastica		monasticii	monasticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	monastic		monastice		monastici	monastice
	definite	monasticului		monasticei		monasticilor	monasticelor

Further reading

• “monastic”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025