monkhood

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Police said the case first came to their attention in mid-June, when they learned that an abbot in Bangkok had suddenly left the monkhood after being extorted by a woman.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025

Today on “Modern Love,” Jay shares how anyone can bring the lessons of monkhood into dating and love — even if you’ve never stepped foot in an ashram.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

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

He was once ordained as a Buddhist monk, and since leaving the monkhood has spent much of his time caring for his grandmother.

From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2018

However, the Antonian type of monkhood continued to be the more popular in Egypt, where monasticism flourished throughout the fourth, but began to decline in the fifth, century.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly