monkhood
Americannoun
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the condition or profession of a monk.
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monks collectively.
noun
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the condition of being a monk
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monks collectively
Etymology
Origin of monkhood
Middle English monkehode, Old English munuchād. See monk, -hood
Example Sentences
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The gig becomes a lonely endeavor, however, when the pandemic hits and he’s confined to a depopulated campus, sent unwillingly into a kind of monkhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
After his parents died in Myanmar when he was a young boy, he entered the Buddhist monkhood in Thailand for nearly a decade, a common option for orphans untethered from financial support.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2018
After his parents died in Myanmar when he was a boy, he entered the Buddhist monkhood in Thailand for nearly a decade, a common option for orphans untethered from financial support.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2018
He was once ordained as a Buddhist monk, and since leaving the monkhood has spent much of his time caring for his grandmother.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2018
They are reverencing what they thoroughly understand; they have seen their monkhood from the inside; their reverence is the outcome of a very real knowledge.
From The Soul of a People by H. (Harold) Fielding
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