monkish
[muhng-kish]
adjective
of, relating to, or resembling a monk: a monkish manner.
Origin of monkish
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Related Words for monkish
secluded, austere, contemplative, solitary, ascetic, pastoral, ministerial, monastic, ecclesiastical, rabbinical, celibate, oblate, reclusive, canonical, ecclesiastic, holy, papal, pontifical, sacerdotal, sacredExamples from the Web for monkish
Contemporary Examples of monkish
And I have always despised the monkish obscurity cultivated by certain academics.
This makes you, at turns, desirous of luxury and monkish asceticism, as you strike a balance between the two.
Historical Examples of monkish
At sight of John's monkish habit he started with surprise and faltered uneasily.
The ChristianHall Caine
I took off my hat, that they might see I wore no monkish tonsure, and drank.
Sir LudarTalbot Baines Reed
Monkish tales to prey upon their superstition, we were taught.
The Lovely LadyMary Austin
He needs no dungeon keeps and monkish cells to play about in—not he!
Humorous Ghost StoriesDorothy Scarborough
Now this is not the cold speculation of age, or monkish austerity.
The Young Man's GuideWilliam A. Alcott
monkish
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