ETYM Written also cloisteral.
Pertaining to a cloister; secluded.
Of, relating to, or suggestive of a cloister.
ETYM Greek, monk: cf. French monastique. Related to Monastery.
Pertaining to the lifestyle of monks; pertaining to monasteries.
1. Of, relating to, or resembling a monk; also; resembling that of a monk
2. Inclined to disciplinary self-denial
3. Befitting a monk; inclined to self-denial.