monasterial, a. Now rare.
(mɒnəˈstɪərɪəl)
[f. L. monastēri-um (see monastery) + -al1.]
Belonging to or of the nature of a monastery.
| c 1420 Lydg. Assembly of Gods 913 Monasteriall monks. 1632 Lithgow Trav. i. 19 Idle monasteriall Loyterers. Ibid. v. 219 False miracles, first inuented partly by monasteriall pouerty. 1670 Walton Lives ii. 134 [He declared] himself for the Church of Rome;..betaking himself to a monasterial life. 1845 Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. I. 250 Motives which led to the first monasterial establishments. 1846 Card. Wiseman Fate of Sacrilege Ess. 1853 I. 370 Sir Edward Dodsworth..possessed the monasterial property of Newland. |
Hence monaˈsterially adv., like a monk.
| 1653 Urquhart Rabelais i. Prol. 3 It is not the habit makes the Monk, many being Monasterially accoutred, who inwardly are nothing lesse then monachal. |