semimonastic

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ monastic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌsɛmiməˈnæstɪk/

Adjective

semimonastic (not comparable)

  1. Having certain monastic aspects.
    The Beghards lived in semimonastic communities, without taking formal vows.
    • 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:
      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.
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