monastic
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Buddhism-themed tourism is thriving and tens of thousands of locals and foreigners sign up every year for "temple stay" retreats where they eat simple monastic food, do chores and meditate.
From Barron's • Jul. 7, 2026
Hole by hole, she cut the pattern by hand, using a hair-thin steel wire and a technique that was almost monastic in its repetition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
“We were supposed to live uncomfortable lives. And I was sort of monastic about it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
“We continue discerning with our Order where to live our Cistercian monastic life, keeping you informed as this process unfolds,” they said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
Her uncle seems almost a child, monastic in the modesty of his needs and wholly independent of any sort of temporal obligations.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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