monkhood

Example Sentences

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The military and monkhood cannot be divided, he said.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2021

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

The monkhood, or sangha, is as popular as ever with an estimated 500,000 members—almost 1% of the population.

From Economist • Aug. 10, 2017

Prajâpati was aunt and nurse of Sâkyamuni, the first woman admitted to the monkhood, and the first superior of the first Buddhistic convent.

From Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han by Davis, John Francis, Sir