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

 Mo·nas·tic n. A monk.
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 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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 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]