MonasticWordNet Explorer

of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations

a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience

(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address

a member of the Carthusian order

member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence