monachal

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adjective

mon·​a·​chal ˈmä-ni-kəl 

: monastic

monachism

ˈmä-nə-ˌki-zəm 

noun

monachism

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noun

mon·​a·​chism -nəˌkizəm 

plural -s

: monasticism

set itself … to reform European monachism

—G. G. Coulton

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin monachalis, from monachus monk — more at monk

Noun

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

First Known Use

Adjective

1607, in the meaning defined above