semimonastic

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ monastic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛmiməˈnæstɪk/

Adjective

semimonastic (not comparable)

1. Having certain monastic aspects.

   The Beghards lived in semimonastic communities, without taking formal vows.

   • 2010, Thomas J. Schaeper, Kathleen Schaeper, “Yanks and Brits”, in Rhodes Scholars, Oxford, and the Creation of an American Elite, New York, NY: Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 52:

     The colleges were male bastions, and academic study was meant to be a semi-monastic vocation. Thus one was not permitted to bring women into college, except on a few special occasions per year, and then only for a couple of hours in the afternoon.