monachal

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for monachal
Adjective
  • Others in light blue prayed for divine intervention, understanding little else could save UCLA.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Family, friends and devoted fans are currently holding a vigil outside of the Advent Health Training Center, praying for divine intervention, but the prognosis is grim.
    Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 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
  • On a cold night in Stockholm, the monastic artist opens his door for a candid interview about his music, his ongoing quest for the divine, and what’s really real behind the de facto leader of Drain Gang.
    Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 25 Feb. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • Take time to renew your spiritual or religious beliefs.
    Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Accommodations for religious observances, like Ramadan, have been impacted as well.
    Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 4 Mar. 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
  • With Seth Meyers had a whole holy host of Saturday Night Live writers on leading up to the anniversary special.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Monachal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monachal. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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