Literary notes about monastic (AI summary)
The term "monastic" has been employed in literature to evoke a sense of austere simplicity, disciplined seclusion, and a life dedicated to spiritual or ascetic pursuits. In some works, it describes physical appearances or settings that are marked by an air of reserved solemnity, as seen in phrases like "austere, monastic appearance" ([1], [2]) and the evocative ambiance of cloistered environments ([3], [4]). At the same time, the word is metaphorically extended to objects or even abstract concepts, such as the curious "monastic necklace" ([5]) or legends imbued with ritualistic mystery ([6]). Further, "monastic" is used to denote the rigorous lifestyle and institutional practices tied to early religious orders and the profound vows of poverty, celibacy, and obedience that define them ([7], [8], [9]). Thus, across centuries, the term has served as a bridge between tangible architectural austerity and the intangible ideals of disciplined, contemplative living.
- Still the same austere, monastic appearance.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - It had an austere, almost monastic appearance.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - The approach to the abbey through these gloomy monastic remains prepares the mind for its solemn contemplation.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving - Instead of reading, however, I was beguiled by the solemn monastic air and lifeless quiet of the place, into a train of musing.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving - Where lay the link of junction, where the little clasp of this monastic necklace?
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë - [161] Thus far the monastic legend.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes - [201] St. Anthony (251-356), Egyptian founder of monachism, the system of monastic seclusion.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson - Has it not preached in the place of these, charity and poverty, celibacy and mortification of the flesh, monastic life and Mother Church?
— from The Communist Manifesto by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx - By vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to the spiritual teacher, many Catholic Christian monastic orders resemble the Order of Swamis.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
