monkhood

Example Sentences

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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

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

Born in 1968, he left school at the age of 14 and entered the monkhood.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2015

A monk need not necessarily teach; the aim and object of the monkhood is, as I have written in the last chapter, purity and abstraction from the world.

From The Soul of a People by Fielding, H. (Harold)