Definition of Monkish. Meaning of Monkish. Synonyms of Monkish

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Definition of Monkish

Monkish
Monkish Monk"ish, a. Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkish manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude. -- Monk"ish*ness, n.

Meaning of Monkish from wikipedia

- been described as a "hard swinging player and composer with a delightful Monkish wit and drive". At twenty-one, Kendrick began a primary focus on jazz,...
- resulting in a "crammed" albeit an eclectic mix of blues, hard rock, monkish chanting ("Turn into Earth", "Ever Since the World Began") and African...
- the Chapter of Sion community largely borrowed its rule from the larger monkish Congregation of Windesheim. In 1488–1490, the surrounding region was plundered...
- falsehood". He believed that the ideal of chastity outside marriage was "a monkish and evangelical superstition" which led to the hypocrisy of prostitution...
- supposedly contemplating divorce from Eleanor. This notorious affair caused a monkish scribe to transcribe Rosamund's name in Latin to "Rosa Immundi", or "Rose...
- published in the New Statesman in 1999, called Coetzee "a man of almost monkish self-discipline and dedication", and reported—based on hearsay—that he...
- the Kurdish-Arab conquest from Crusaders. In both the m****cript is a monkish chronicle, and the words used, and event described is identical. We may...
- the Giant'). The story of Idris Gawr is believed to have come from the monkish king Idris of Meirionnydd, who was slain in a battle with Oswald of Northumbria...
- Old English Chronicles of Which Two Are Now First Translated from the Monkish Latin Originals: Ethelwerd's Chronicle, ****er's Life of Alfred, Geoffrey...
- marriage, Louis VI died, and Louis VII became king. The pairing of the monkish Louis and the high-spirited Eleanor was doomed to failure; she reportedly...