All 5 Uses of
monk
in
Anna Karenina
- He remembered how his brother, while at the university, and for a year afterwards, had, in spite of the jeers of his companions, lived like a monk, strictly observing all religious rites, services, and fasts, and avoiding every sort of pleasure, especially women.†
Part 1
- Levin remembered that when Nikolay had been in the devout stage, the period of fasts and monks and church services, when he was seeking in religion a support and a curb for his passionate temperament, everyone, far from encouraging him, had jeered at him, and he, too, with the others.†
Part 1
- They had teased him, called him Noah and Monk; and, when he had broken out, no one had helped him, but everyone had turned away from him with horror and disgust.†
Part 1 *
- "Striving for God, saving the soul by fasting," said Countess Lidia Ivanovna, with disgusted contempt, "those are the crude ideas of our monks….†
Part 7
- … To be saved, one need only believe, and the monks don't know how the thing's to be done, but Countess Lidia Ivanovna does know….†
Part 7
Definition:
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(monk) a male member of a religious order typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience