monkhood

English

Etymology

From Middle English monkehode.

Noun

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.

Translations

state of being a monk

• Bulgarian: монашество n (monašestvo)
• Finnish: munkkius (fi)
• German: Mönchstum n
• Macedonian: монаштво n (monaštvo)

monks collectively

• Bulgarian: монашество n (monašestvo)
• Finnish: munkit (fi) pl
• German: Mönche (de) m pl
• Macedonian: монаштво n (monaštvo)