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monastic

/məˈnæstɪk/adjective

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मठ-संबंधी, मठवासी

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adjective
  1. 1

    connected with monks or monasteries

    मठ-संबंधी, मठवासी

    • Nalanda was a great centre of Buddhist monastic learning.
    • a monastic order
  2. 2

    like a monk, simple and strict, often without much contact with other people

    संन्यासी जैसा, सादा और संयमी

    • He lived a monastic life in a small room with only books for company.

    Synonyms austere ascetic secluded spartan

    Opposite luxurious worldly

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A building where monks live together is a monastery, while one where nuns live is a convent or nunnery.

वह भवन जहाँ monks साथ रहते हैं monastery कहलाता है, जबकि जहाँ nuns रहती हैं वह convent या nunnery कहलाता है।