Monastic: adj. (word coming from the Latin ecclesiastical monasticus, Greek monastikos: monk).
The adjective "monastic" denotes something concerning the monks (monacal).
Discipline, state, monastic life.
Vows, monastic rules.
Medieval monastic architecture.
Monastic orders, whose religious usually live in enclosure.
By analogy: austerity, monastic simplicity (claustral)....
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