52
monk(noun, religious, god, priest, friar)
11
cloistered(adjective, temple)
10
celibate(noun, adjective, priest, ascetic, celibate)
9
conventual(adjective, temple)
8
cloistral
8
monkish(adjective, churchdom, celibate)
7
hermit(noun, religious, priest)
7
religious(noun, adjective, priestly, ecclesiastical)
7
secluded
7
solitary(noun, adjective, religious, celibate)
5
brother(noun, religious)
5
clerical(adjective, clergy, churchdom)
5
friar(noun, religious)
5
isolated
5
monastical
4
austere(adjective, ascetic)
4
claustral
4
monachal
4
priest(noun, religious)
4
recluse(noun, adjective, religious, priest)
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