monachal

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UK/ˈmɒnəkl/

adjective

Of or pertaining to monks or their lifestyle; monastic.

OriginLate Latin monachalis ← Latin monachus →
First used 17th c.Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectivemonachal (comparative more monachal, superlative most monachal)

comparative more monachal · superlative most monachal

  1. archaicOf or pertaining to monks or their lifestyle; monastic.First known use 17th c.

    Her thin hands were lying on her lap, her facial immobility had in it something monachal.

    1911, Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes, Penguin Classics, published 2007, page 86

Origin

  1. Latinmonachus“monk”
  2. Late Latinmonachalis
  3. Englishmonachal

From Late Latin monachalis, from Latin monachus (“monk”). Compare French monacal. See monk.

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