{ Mo‐nas″tic (?), Mo‐nas″tic‐al (?), } a. [Gr. � monk: cf. F. monastique. See Monastery.] 1. Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules.
2. Secluded from temporal concerns and devoted to religion; recluse. “A life monastic.” Denham.