connected with monks or monasteries 僧侣的;隐修院的;修道院的 a monastic community 隐修院修士集体。 monastic lands 修道院的土地
(of a way of life )生活方式 simple and quiet and possibly celibate synonym ascetic宁静简朴的;清修的;禁欲的 He leads a monastic life with very little contact with other people. 他过着修道生活,很少与他人接触。
Word Originlate Middle English (referring to a religious person living alone): from late Latin monasticus, from Greek monastikos, from monazein ‘live alone’.