semimonastic

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/ˌsɛmiməˈnæstɪk/

adjective

Having certain monastic aspects.

“The Beghards lived in semimonastic communities, without taking formal vows.”

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Meanings

adjectivesemimonastic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving certain monastic aspects.

    The Beghards lived in semimonastic communities, without taking formal vows.

    1 more example

    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

Origin

From semi- + monastic.

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APA

semimonastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semimonastic

MLA

“semimonastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semimonastic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semimonastic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semimonastic.

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