(n)asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; monk: cf. F. monastique. See Monastery. ] 1. Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Secluded from temporal concerns and devoted to religion; recluse. “A life monastic.” Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]
[りつ, ritsu](n) (1) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; (2) { Buddh } vinaya (rules for the monastic community); (3) (abbr) (See 律宗) Ritsu (school of Buddhism); (4) (abbr) (See 律詩) lushi (style of Chinese poem); (5) (also りち) (musical) pitch; (6) (See 十二律, 呂) six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (7) (abbr) (See 律旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to#6911[Add to Longdo]
[ししゅ;ししゅう, shishu ; shishuu](n) (1) four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees); (2) four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices); (3) (in Tendai) the four assemblies[Add to Longdo]