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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 mo·nas·tic /məˈnæstɪk/
 (a.)修道院的;僧侶的;禁慾的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mo·nas·tic n. A monk.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mo·nas·tic Mo·nas·tic·al a.
 1. Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules.
 2. Secluded from temporal concerns and devoted to religion; recluse. “A life monastic.”
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 monastic
      adj : of communal life sequestered from the world under religious
            vows [syn: cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastical]
      n : a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself
          to contemplation and prayer and work [syn: monk]