monastic

The book was clearly fiction — featuring characters such as an absurdly monastic Bolivian radio-novela writer who loses his marbles and begins to confuse his characters and his plots.

"His mental strength, coupled with a monastic devotion to football - including stints at the Sierra Nevada high-performance centre to recover fitness and build stamina - meant he never lost sight of his goals."

If this were not “The White Lotus,” I would say Tim, and potentially the whole family, would join Piper on her monastic quest.

It takes 10 steps through the constellations to find the landing place where protection can be lush, where luxury can feel ascetic, where beauty is monastic.

The work incorporates as primary components both a mural-size video projection on the wall and a miniature color TV monitor sequestered inside a tiny, monastic, cell-like shack.