Associations to the word «Monastic»

Wiktionary

MONASTIC, adjective. Of or relating to monasteries or monks.
MONASTIC, noun. A person with monastic ways; a monk.

Dictionary definition

MONASTIC, noun. A male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work.
MONASTIC, adjective. Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin