monastic

Example Sentences

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Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture sought to offer similar assurances that Lavra’s monastic life would continue.

From Seattle Times

Others have indignantly observed that the shocking bills followed a month of monastic living with the thermostat turned down and extra blankets on the bed.

From Los Angeles Times

His father was the athletic director of St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn. The family lived on campus, and David grew up with the work ethic and monastic influences of the college’s Benedictine monks.

From New York Times

The first of three sections focuses on an H. sap named Destry who belongs to the Environmental Rescue Team, an almost monastic organization tasked with maintaining the eco-balance of a given territory.

From Washington Post

The Russian Orthodox Church stripped Romanov of his abbot’s rank for breaking monastic rules and later excommunicated him, but he rejected the rulings.

From Seattle Times