Monachist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Monachist is an adjective meaning Synonym of monastic.
Meaning
Synonym of monastic.
More Meanings
- A monk, especially one who was part of the religious reform movement of the fourth century.
Example Sentences
Indeed, the friars went much farther than the reforming monachists.
The rage for production had swept England, as the rage for piety had swept the age of the monachists.
At its beginning, the monachist movement was a non-violent protest against the worldliness of a Church in service to the empire.
Both required industry and productive labor from all able-bodied members and were thus sharply distinguished from the begging, communal orders, such as the Buddhist and Christian monachists.
Word Forms
- monachists
Synonyms for monachist
Depending on context, synonyms include monastic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include monophysite, iconomachal, antisimoniac, christocentrist, stauropegial, cacodoxical.
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