monasticism

English

Etymology

From monastic (“relating to monks”) +‎ -ism.

Noun

monasticism (countable and uncountable, plural monasticisms)

1. (religion) The practice of renouncing all worldly pursuits in order to fully devote one's life to spiritual work.

Synonyms

• monachism

Related terms

• monastic
• monk
• nun

Translations

religious practice

• Bulgarian: монашество n (monašestvo)
• Catalan: monaquisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 修道主義／修道主义 (xiūdàozhǔyì)

• Czech: mnišství n
• Esperanto: monaĥismo
• German: Monastizismus m, Mönchtum n
• Greek: μοναχισμός (el) m (monachismós)
• Irish: manachas m
• Italian: monachesimo (it) m
• Korean: 수도주의(修道主義) (sudojuui)
• Polish: monastycyzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: monasticismo m
• Swahili: umonaki
• Welsh: mynachaeth f