monkish vs monastic
Definitions
adjective
- befitting a monk; inclined to self-denial
Examples
Moreover, he believed very firmly in Christianity as the way of saving human beings, and he addicted to a monkish life.
But I never thought of him as anti-violent until Uma Thurman's father came on my "Con Games" radio show in Aspen to lead me monkishly down the path of virtue.
The broiled rouget (with daikon radish and crunchy yellow lentils) had a similarly monkish, almost dried-out quality.
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.
