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The Tibetan monk wore an orange robe.monk = a male member of a religious order typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
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Each monk in the order leads a simple life without luxury.monk = a male member of a religious order
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The Buddhist monk was arrested after advocating cultural autonomy in Tibet.
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"But God's will be done," the monk said. (source)
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What looked like a fat little monk was saying: "Forgive and forget, I say, we ought to give him a second chance —" (source)
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He is smiling in the picture, and there is no mistaking the look in his eyes: Chris McCandless was at peace, serene as a monk gone to God. (source)
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I will visit Friar Lawrence in his monk's cell, His help to ask and my good fortune to tell. (source)monk = a male member of a religious order
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He called out to his fellow monks, 'Come quickly: I am tasting the stars.' (source)monks = male members of a religious order living together
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His room was austere, almost monkish.† (source)monkish = having the characteristics of a monk (often inclined toward self-denial)standard suffix: Adding the suffix "-ish" to monk means having the characteristics of a monk. This is the same pattern you see in words like childish and foolish.
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He was looking at the man, with on his face an expression a little placative and baffled though not alarmed, watching the man's inscrutable and monklike face.† (source)
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Other times we walked slightly apart, Murray's hands clasped behind his back, Gladney's folded monkishly at the abdomen, a somewhat worried touch.† (source)monkishly = in a manner like a "monk"editor's notes: Adding "-ishly" to monk means "in a manner with the characteristics of a monk." This is the same pattern you see in words like childishly and foolishly.
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Astonished, as if he had been the object of a magic spell, the monk looked into the ferryman's eyes. (source)monk = a male member of a religious order
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The monks bowed and moved out of the pagoda into the bright morning sunlight. (source)monks = male members of a religious order typically under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
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I look around, glimpsing the simple, almost monkish furnishings of a dining room and sit ting room before the slaver grabs a fistful of my hair and pulls on it so hard I think my neck will break.† (source)monkish = having the characteristics of a monk (often inclined toward self-denial)
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Jace does like things neat," Clary said, thinking of his monklike room at the Institute.† (source)
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He lived in a cheerless flat, he said; he said he was practically a monk.† (source)
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