CONTEMPLATIVE

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative. Fixed and contemplative their looks. Denham.

2.
a.

Having the power of contemplation; as, contemplative faculties. Ray.

3.
n.

A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity.