The phrase "a life of study" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a lifestyle or existence that is primarily focused on learning, education, or academic pursuits.
Example: "After years of working in various jobs, she decided to dedicate herself to a life of study, immersing herself in literature and philosophy."
Alternatives: "an existence of learning" or "a scholarly life".
THE numbers surprise even people who make a life of studying the behavior of college students.
With Hollywood ever-encroaching, Mr. Law tries, he says, to lead a life of studied normalcy in London's tony Primrose Hill.
"You know, Wei Boyang, a great Chinese Taoist who wrote many, many commentaries on the I Ching he was asked, at the end of his life, what was his conclusion of a life of studying the I Ching, and he said "worry is preposterous".
On the other hand, Mr. Levy endorsed the idea that those who did not want to make a life of religious study would now serve in the military.
We emerge from our training with large amounts of debt, and are then committed to a life of further study with further examinations and courses, all of which go towards improving our abilities as health professionals and our ability to help those patients whom we treat.
Many of them are not truly cut out for a cloistered life of study and prayer.
But Cardinal Martini, a Turin-born Jesuit and biblical scholar, certainly seems to be looking forward to a quiet life of study and prayer after he submits his resignation on Feb. 15, with hopes that the pope will accept it.
Hammer, a Newsweek correspondent, is scrupulously fair, conveying both his initial sense of horror at his brother's religious makeover — in which Tony, "the most resolute atheist I had known," comes to resemble "a Hasidic Willy Loman" — and his qualified, begrudging comprehension of his brother's motives in seeking out an insulated life of study and prayer.
In 1892 he retired from his civil-service engineering post and devoted himself to a life of meditation and study.
After living in monasteries under an assumed name, he was ordained Father Pio (for Pius) Edgardo and entered into a long, distinguished life of study and preaching.
