Monasticism

n.

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The monastic life, system, or condition.

Noun

1.

monasticism - asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience

Albigensianism, Catharism, Franciscanism, Sabbatarianism, Trappism, Waldensianism, Yoga, abstinence, anchoritic monasticism, anchoritism, asceticism, austerity, bachelordom, bachelorhood, bachelorism, bachelorship, celibacy, continence, eremitism, fasting, flagellation, friarhood, maceration, maidenhead, maidenhood, mendicantism, misogamy, misogyny, monachism, monkery, mortification, puritanism, rigor, self-denial, self-mortification, single blessedness, single state, singleness, spinsterhood, unwed state, virgin state, virginity, voluntary poverty