monastic

Christianity spawned the monastic movement, originally in Egypt, that insisted upon peace, self-reliance, education and charity.

A similar monastic silence reigned, and the atmosphere was also of high seriousness and hygiene.

But his period of monastic seclusion officially comes to an end on Thursday.

A Youtube video of some jet-setting Buddhist monks has Thailand scrambling to crack down on materialism in the monastic ranks.

This should be manifestly clear this morning even to the most monastic heirs of David Broder.

In short, Marcella had been too long under her tuition, to become a willing devotee to the monastic rites of the Romish Church.

Ample tolerance of all religions and sects, but abolition and expulsion of all monastic Orders.

A bill brought into the English parliament vesting in the crown all the property of the monastic institutions.

Imagine, nowadays, I am often drawn towards the monastic life, or something similar.

The girl leaned over and remade my monastic white cot, giving the pillow a final pat to smooth it.