monachal

Definition of monachalnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monachal
Adjective
  • At the time, many people saw disasters mainly as acts of divine punishment.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
  • Beauty, then, arises from the pain and struggle of experiencing oneself as a site of divine truancy, and ugly is that which pretends to be directly equivalent to the soul, God, etc.
    Esther Yi, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
Adjective
  • Of these, Anglicans traditionally hold only baptism and the Eucharist as sacraments instituted by Christ and regard the others as sacramental rites.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The sacramental palms can be kept at home and returned to church or nature, but should not to be thrown away, the Archdiocese noted.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • There’s something monastic about the way he’s taken on Red Lobster.
    Rita Omokha, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026
  • Just a Frisian meadow, monastic rhythm, and the instruction to listen to what stirs within you.
    Naomi May, Air Mail, 30 May 2026
Adjective
  • The former football player explained that his religious upbringing and internal struggle with his sexuality both contributed to his decision to remain a virgin.
    Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
  • But, of course, as some of you may be thinking, nothing causes more pain than the desire for pleasure—a fact attested to by countless love songs and religious texts.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
Adjective
  • But the chapel, heavy with the scent of ecclesiastical incense, felt as genuine as could be, worn from nearly two centuries of worship.
    Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2026
  • Walsh’s ruling gave the OCA, which is the largest of three Russian Orthodox ecclesiastical bodies in the United States, authority to govern the parish and the judge ordered the parish’s former leaders to vacate the property by June 2025.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky called the attacks a response to Russia’s relentless nightly bombardment, which on Monday included Kyiv’s oldest and holiest church complex.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
  • And for the love of all things holy, do not store food in your tent.
    Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
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“Monachal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monachal. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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