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)
• 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

		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)