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monastic
1. Referring to, or characteristic of a monastery; used more often regarding monks and nuns.
2. Resembling life in a monastery in style, structure, or manner; especially, being secluded and contemplative, strictly disciplined or regimented, and self-abnegating and austere (plain and simple, without luxury or self-indulgence).
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(Latin: a hall; a vestibule; a lobby; monastic cloister, of Germanic origin)