What does monking mean?
Monking means The work or life of a monk..
Monking
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
The work or life of a monk..
Definitions by Sense
- The work or life of a monk.
- (obsolete) Monkish.
- present participle and gerund of monk
Example Sentences
He had chosen monking as an occupation (not a calling ,but an occupation) because he feared not only death, but even life itself, thinking that it might be easy work which would provide him shelter against the world he feared.
May 31, 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk The old coenobitic establishments of England were converted—perverted, rather—into monasteries and other monking receptacles.
This, said Epistemon, is spoke like a true monk : I mean like a right monking monk, not a bemonked monastical monkling.
In brief, ere was a true monk if there ever was one since the monking world started monkeying in monkeries.
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He had chosen monking as an occupation (not a calling ,but an occupation) because he feared not only death, but even life itself, thinking that it might be easy work which would provide him shelter against the world he feared.
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