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monasticism

/mə'næstɪ,sɪzəm/

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noun
asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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asceticism austerity nonindulgence

Definition that contains monasticism

eremitism monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience