monachism

noun

mon·​a·​chism -nəˌkizəm 

plural -s

: monasticism

set itself … to reform European monachism

—G. G. Coulton

Word History

Etymology

probably from Middle French monachisme, from Medieval Latin monachismus, from Late Greek monachismos, from monachos monk + Greek -ismos -ism

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