Meaning of MONASTICISM
| Pronunciation: | | mu'nasti`sizum
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| | Definition: | | [n] asceticism practiced in a monastery |
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| | See Also: | | asceticism, austerity, nonindulgence | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mo*nas"ti*cism\, n.
The monastic life, system, or condition. --Milman.
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| | Related Terms: | | abstinence, Albigensianism, anchoritic monasticism, anchoritism, asceticism, austerity, bachelordom, bachelorhood, bachelorism, bachelorship, Catharism, celibacy, continence, eremitism, fasting, flagellation, Franciscanism, friarhood, maceration, maidenhead, maidenhood, mendicantism, misogamy, misogyny, monachism, monkery, mortification, puritanism, rigor, Sabbatarianism, self-denial, self-mortification, single blessedness, single state, singleness, spinsterhood, Trappism, unwed state, virgin state, virginity, voluntary poverty, Waldensianism, Yoga |
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