Adjective
semimonastic (not comparable)
Having certain monastic aspects.
The Beghards lived in semimonastic communities, without taking formal vows.
Tolstoy ... can center his attack on the conscious beliefs, the tangible institutions, and the specious customs of society. He is not content simply to withdraw from these himself and lead a semimonastic life; he becomes a crusader against culture under the banner of the law of Christ. H. Richard Niebuhr