monachal

American  

[mon-uh-kuhl] / ˈmɒn ə kəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to monks or their life; monastic.

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monachal British  

/ ˈmɒnəkəl /

adjective

1. a less common word for monastic

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Other Word Forms

• monachism noun
• monachist adjective

Etymology

Origin of monachal

1580–90; < Late Latin monachālis, equivalent to Late Latin monach ( us ) monk + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

For its 20th anniversary last week, the little monastery in the village of Taiz�, just north of the medieval monachal center of Cluny, held a major celebration.

From Time Magazine Archive

These are monachal topics and maxims of the cloister.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

I would class the C�dmonian poem among the many attempts of the monachal genius to familiarize the people with the miraculous and the religious narratives in the Scriptures, by a paraphrase in the vernacular idiom.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

Installed at the château, the Abbé Boiviel conformed himself with a very good grace to the monachal existence led by its inmates.

From The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 by Various

The cloisters, too, were at first fortresses of civilization, labor, agriculture, artisanship, and, though with monachal limitations, they were yet transmitters of literary and classical antiquity.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann