Monking
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Monking is a noun meaning The work or life of a monk.
Meaning
The work or life of a monk.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of monk
- (obsolete) Monkish.
Example Sentences
In brief, ere was a true monk if there ever was one since the monking world started monkeying in monkeries.
This, said Epistemon, is spoke like a true monk : I mean like a right monking monk, not a bemonked monastical monkling.
May 31, 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk The old coenobitic establishments of England were converted—perverted, rather—into monasteries and other monking receptacles.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include monastic, monkery, moncke, monkhood, monkette, monklet.
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