monachal

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monachal
Adjective
  • So, instead, in that film, the music comes to represent something like the divine spirit or these spirits that occupy the film in a way.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Placido is an Italian singer and actress, so she’s used to the divine food found in the region.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Anand is a neurologist and the author of The Mind Electric, out in June 2025 Within the walls of a hospital, privacy is sacred—the intimate details of someone’s body and illness are meant to be as carefully guarded, as quietly delivered, as a sacramental confession.
    Pria Anand, TIME, 18 Feb. 2025
  • After the surgeon general’s warning on alcohol, people of faith should rethink sacramental wine, writes guest columnist Eli Federman.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Paro Taktsang, Bhutan The Buddhist monastic tradition has two sides, says Matthew King, a scholar of Buddhist studies and director of Asian studies at the University of California, Riverside.
    Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
  • It was performed both preventatively and, in the case of some medieval religious communities, periodically as part of monastic bodily regulation and discipline.
    Megan Cassidy-Welch, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Sharia, or Islamic religious law, as interpreted by the government considers conversion from Islam apostasy, a crime punishable by death, according to the U.S. State Department.
    Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The pork dumplings in chili oil are truly a religious experience.
    Shivani Vora, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Joan is already an international star, and her style is modest, almost ecclesiastical.
    Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
  • In the early 1500s, an unknown wealthy patron is said to have commissioned Leonardo da Vinci to produce the Salvator Mundi, a striking ecclesiastical masterpiece in which Jesus is shown blessing humanity with his right hand while holding an orb representing the Earth in his left.
    Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • My search has led me to one of my holy grails: Clinique’s Moisture Surge Sheertint Hydrator.
    Melony Forcier, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
  • One of the holy grails of modern astronomy is finding life on an alien planet.
    Paul Sutter, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Monachal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monachal. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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