English Dictionary
monastic
adj : of communal life sequestered from the world under religious
vows [syn: {cloistered}, {cloistral}, {conventual}, {monastical}]
n : a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself
to contemplation and prayer and work [syn: {monk}]
English Computing Dictionary
monadic
1.
{unary}, when describing an {operator} or {function}. Compare {dyadic}.
2. See {monad}.
(1998-07-24)