contemplative
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/kənˈtɛmplətɪv/
English
Definitions
noun
- Someone who has dedicated themselves to religious contemplation.
adjective
- Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.
- Pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders, especially the Roman Catholic varieties.
- Relating to, or having the power of, contemplation.“contemplative faculties”
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Synonyms
meditativemusingruminativepensiveponderingthoughtfulreflectivebroodingbroodyintrospectivespeculativedeliberativephilosophicalprayerfulcogitativeabsorbed
Associated
cloisteredmindfulnessmonasticismcontemplationcenteringcarmeliteprayermysticismmeditationpsychotherapyspirituality