Definition of Monkhood. Meaning of Monkhood. Synonyms of Monkhood

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Definition of Monkhood

Monkhood
Monkhood Monk"hood, n. [Monk + -hood.] 1. The character or condition of a monk. --Atterbury. 2. Monks, regarded collectively. --Longfellow.

Meaning of Monkhood from wikipedia

- (monakhós) 'solitary, monastic'; from μόνος (mónos) 'alone'), also called monachism or monkhood, is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to...
- Somdet Phra Ariyavangsagatayana (Thai: สมเด็จพระอริยวงศาคตญาณ; 26 June 1927), born Amborn Prasatthapong (Thai: อัมพร ประสัตถพงศ์), is the current Supreme...
- 2024. He was well known for his role in re-establishing the Cambodian monkhood after the Pol Pot period and for his links to dominant political leaders...
- Monkhood in Tibet, Xigatse area, August 2005...
- ordained at Wat That Thong [th] Temple in Bangkok, Thailand. His short-termed monkhood will last for 15 days which he would take the opportunity to further study...
- Candidates for the Buddhist monkhood being ordained as monks in Thailand...
- monastery in Virajpet, born as Palanganda Appaiah, ordained into Sannyas (monkhood) by Guru Ramgiri. Swami Narayanananda Swami Shambhavananda Appachcha Kavi...
- Khruba Siwichai (Thai: ครูบาศรีวิชัย, also spelled Sriwichai) was a Thai Buddhist monk born in 1878 in the village of Ban Pang, Li District, in Lamphun...
- Severus the Great of Antioch (Gr****: Σεβῆρος; Syriac: ܣܘܝܪܝܘܣ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ), also known as Severus of Gaza or the Crown of Syrians (Syriac: ܬܓܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ,...
- project to build a golden stupa in Tibet, where he also initiated into monkhood. From Tibet he was sent further to northern China to work in the court...