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monachists

monachists is the plural of monachist.

Meaning of monachist

Noun

monachist (plural monachists)

  1. A monk, especially one who was part of the religious reform movement of the fourth century.
    • He lives in monastic loneliness, not that he is a hermit, but he makes himself into a monastery from which, as at Mount Athos, everything that deals with sex is excluded, and like the monachists of the Middle Ages he pays the penalty to desregarded Nature.1921, James Harold Edward Crees, Meredith Revisited, and Other Essays, page 95

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Questions about monachists

What is monachists the plural of?
Monachists is the plural of monachist.

Words near monachists in the dictionary

  1. monachal
  2. Monache
  3. monachism
  4. monachisms
  5. monachist
  6. monachists
  7. monachization
  8. monachizations
  9. monachize
  10. monachized
  11. monachizes

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