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monachism

monachism noun: monasticism.

Noun

monachism (countable and uncountable, plural monachisms)

  1. Monasticism.
    • That wealth and splendour have not the charms that you ascribe to them with the bulk of mankind, is evident even from the history of Monachism, one of the corruptions of christianity.1791, Joseph Priestley, Letters to Burke, section VI

Forms of monachism

pluralmonachisms

Origin of monachism

From Late Latin monachus (“monk”) + -ism.

Questions about monachism

What does monachism mean?
Monachism means monasticism.
What part of speech is monachism?
Monachism is a noun.
What is the plural of monachism?
The plural of monachism is monachisms.

Words near monachism in the dictionary

  1. monacanthine
  2. Monacelli
  3. Monacellis
  4. monachal
  5. Monache
  6. monachism
  7. monachisms
  8. monachist
  9. monachists
  10. monachization
  11. monachizations

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