monkhood

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English monkehode.

Noun

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monkhood (usually uncountable, plural monkhoods)

  1. The state of being a monk.
    • 2014, Geok Goh, The Wheel-Turner and His House: Kingship in a Buddhist Ecumene, page 116:
      Do these two images represent the two competing monkhoods: the village dwelling monks and the forest mendicants?
  2. Monks collectively.

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