Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Monastic \Mo*nas"tic\, n.
   A monk.

Monastic \Mo*nas"tic\, Monastical \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.

Source : WordNet®

monastic
     adj : of communal life sequestered from the world under religious
           vows [syn: {cloistered}, {cloistral}, {conventual}, {monastical}]

monastic
     n : a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself
         to contemplation and prayer and work [syn: {monk}]