monkhood

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The nexus between the military and monkhood is nothing new.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2024

The military and monkhood cannot be divided, he said.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2021

Following their release from hospital, the boys are now planning to enter the Thai monkhood, as a way to pay tribute to the Thai Navy Sea, Saman Kunan, who died during the rescue operation.

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 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

Cowl, kowl, n. a cap or hood: a monk's hood: the badge of monkhood: a monk: a cover for a chimney.—v.t. to make a monk of: to cover like a cowl.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various