Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun monasticism

1 sense of monasticism

Sense 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)
       => austerity, asceticism, nonindulgence -- (the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures))