semi·mo·nas·tic | \ ˌse-mē-mə-ˈna-stik 
, ˌse-ˌmī-, -mi- \
, ˌse-ˌmī-, -mi- \Definition of semimonastic
: having some features characteristic of a monastic order
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The first known use of semimonastic was in 1911
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