'Monasticism' definitions:
Definition of 'monasticism'
(from WordNet)
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
Definition of 'Monasticism'
From: GCIDE
- Monasticism \Mo*nas"ti*cism\, n. The monastic life, system, or condition. --Milman. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'monasticism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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