monkish

About 0.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Pertaining to, or resembling, a monk or monasticism.
2. adjective Tending to self-denial; ascetic.

Similar words

nonindulgent monastic monachal monastical monasterial monadistic moneric monarchical monistical conventual

Often followed by

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