Meaning

noun asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience

originEtymology tree English monastic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English monasticism From monastic (“relating to monks”) + -ism.

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