noun. Monasticism.

noun. The principle of living in the manner of monks; the system or course of life pursued by monks and nuns; primarily, the practice of living alone in religious retirement from the world; religious seclusion; secondarily, the corporate life of religious communities under vows of poverty, celibacy, and obedience to a superior. See monk.

noun. A monastic characteristic or peculiarity; also, such characteristics collectively.

noun. The system and influences of a monastic life; monasticism.

noun. monasticism

"In a word monachism was still waiting for the man who should adapt it to Western needs and circumstances and give to it a special form distinct from that of the East."

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