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English

Etymology

From Greek μοναχός (a solitary person).

Noun

  1. the religious practice of renouncing all worldly pursuits in order to fully devote one's life to spiritual work


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Translations

Category:English nouns ending in "-ism" io:monasticism vi:monasticism zh:monasticism

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Monasticism \Mo*nas"ti*cism\, n.
The monastic life, system, or condition. --Milman.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet monasticism
n : asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in
a community under a common rule and characterized by
celibacy and poverty and obedience
Moby Dictionary
Albigensianism , Catharism , Franciscanism , Sabbatarianism , Trappism ,
Waldensianism , Yoga , abstinence , anchoritic monasticism ,
anchoritism , asceticism , austerity , bachelordom , bachelorhood ,
bachelorism , bachelorship , celibacy , continence , eremitism ,
fasting , flagellation , friarhood , maceration , maidenhead ,
maidenhood , mendicantism , misogamy , misogyny , monachism , monkery ,
mortification , puritanism , rigor , self-denial , self-mortification ,
single blessedness , single state , singleness , spinsterhood ,
unwed state , virgin state , virginity , voluntary poverty


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