Definitions for monasticism

monasticism mo·nas·ti·cism

Spelling: [muh-nas-tuh-siz-uh m]
IPA: /məˈnæs təˌsɪz əm/

Monasticism is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 697 anagrams from letters in monasticism (aciimmnosst).

Definitions for monasticism

noun

  1. the monastic system, condition, or mode of life.

Origin of monasticism

First recorded in 1785-95; monastic + -ism

Examples for monasticism

There is an element of monasticism even in Plato's communism.

Every great religion has expressed itself in some form of monasticism.

Wrecked it, wrecked it high and dry on the barren rocks of monasticism.

Christian monasticism did not begin at any fixed time or place.

Then again, monasticism was, as we have seen, intended to be self-sufficing.

The rule was the basis for all the reforms in monasticism for several centuries.

Nor was the restoration of monasticism the only reform that Dunstan had at heart.

So anchorites tended to become coenobites; monasticism has begun.

This was barbarous lust, not due to the influence of monasticism.

When the three centuries of trial were over, monasticism rose.

Word Value for monasticism
Scrable

17

Words with friends

21

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