monkship
English
Noun
monkship (plural monkships)
- The position or role of a monk.
- 1853: The Madiai: a Letter to the Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen, Etc by Pierce Connelly
- If any one saith that matrimony contracted but not consummated is not dissolved by the solemn profession of religion (monkship or nunship) of one of the parties, let him be anathema.
- 2002: Walking from the gallows by Krishna Dutta
- On the other hand, the phoongyees or the monks depending on their years of monkship and status with, were embalmed and kept much longer.
- 1853: The Madiai: a Letter to the Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen, Etc by Pierce Connelly