monkish vs monastic
Definitions
adjective
- befitting a monk; inclined to self-denial
Examples
I term monkish morality, to remark it by the way, such precepts of ethics, such rules of life as aro4e during the time when the monastic state was held to be the only holy condition of life, the only one well-pleasing to God, and al - most the only, at least the only safe means of becoming happy; when the whole of piety was made to consist in praying and singing, in a so - litary, inactive and contemplative lifci when it TOii.
The broiled rouget (with daikon radish and crunchy yellow lentils) had a similarly monkish, almost dried-out quality.
Then he confesses he has 'monkish' tendencies - hence his choice of hotel today.
Definitions
adjective
- of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
noun
- a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
Examples
The body was washed and prepared for burial by the women of the family (or by the monastic infirmarer, in the case of a monk or nun), and either shrouded or placed in a coffin.
What was supposed to be a sequestered monastic retreat became a hive of modern American productive activity.
The Catechetical School of Alexandria was originated in Egypt. Egypt is the birthplace of Christian monasticism, also has experienced in the Christianity history the most serious persecution.
