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semimonastic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌsɛmiməˈnæstɪk/

Etymology

From semi- + monastic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having certain monastic aspects.
    • The Beghards lived in semimonastic communities, without taking formal vows.
    • The colleges were male bastions, and academic study was meant to be a semi-monastic vocation. Thus one was not permitted to bring women into college, except on a few special occasions per year, and then only for a couple of hours in the afternoon. 2010, Thomas J. Schaeper, Kathleen Schaeper, “Yanks and Brits”, in Rhodes Scholars, Oxford, and the Creation of an American Elite, New York, NY: Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 52: