monachal

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for monachal
Adjective
  • Her divine costumes throughout the clip mash up sacred imagery with biker style, including a blue hooded top with the sacred heart across the chest, and a whole lot of cross jewelry.
    EW.com, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • This connection between the fruit and inherent holiness adds new meaning to the Song of Songs, where the love between two people can unknowingly be a divine revelation.
    Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The Bible And Armenia’s Wine History The winemaking apparatus was found next to what amounts to a cemetery, likely for sacramental or religious purposes.
    Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Either way, the installation was not meant to replace sacramental confession.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • By the 5th century, Armenia had adopted Christianity as its state religion, and monastic winemaking became a cornerstone of its culture and economy.
    Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Pitchfork, by contrast, had a near monastic devotion to talking about music as music.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • How the courts and legislatures balance the rights of the majority and minority in these disputes over the place of the Ten Commandments in public life may go a long way toward shaping the future of religious freedom in American public education.
    Lydia Artz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Families in Florida can also seek temporary or permanent exemptions for medical or religious reasons.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Rooms Laid out over three floors—each with soaring, ecclesiastical cross-vault ceilings—rooms are spacious and chic, each with a varying but superb vistas.
    Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Because the actual date of the spring equinox can differ by a day or two, the Catholic Church created a fixed date of March 21 to define it, known as the ecclesiastical equinox.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • Acutis' canonization marks a deliberate Vatican effort to present contemporary, relatable holy figures who can speak to younger generations about faith lived in the digital age.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Shops sell his memorabilia — the boy's face encased in a corona of holy light is on mugs, keychains, rosaries.
    Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Monachal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monachal. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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