All 5 Uses of
monk
in
Of Human Bondage
- It traced its origin to an abbey school, founded before the Conquest, where the rudiments of learning were taught by Augustine monks; and, like many another establishment of this sort, on the destruction of the monasteries it had been reorganised by the officers of King Henry VIII and thus acquired its name.†
Chpt 15-16 *monks = male members of a religious order living together typically under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
- Athelny and Philip installed themselves in the great monkish chairs, and Sally brought them in two plates of beef, Yorkshire pudding, baked potatoes, and cabbage.†
Chpt 87-88monkish = having the characteristics of a monk (often inclined toward self-denial)
- there were long monks in the Franciscan habit or in the Dominican, with distraught faces, making gestures whose sense escaped you;†
Chpt 87-88monks = male members of a religious order living together typically under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
- The noble walks with the monkish heart within him, and his eyes see things which saints in their cells see too, and he is unastounded.†
Chpt 87-88monkish = having the characteristics of a monk (often inclined toward self-denial)
- They sat down at the old ironing-table in the high-backed monkish chairs, and Mrs. Athelny poured tea out of a lustre teapot which gave a note of England and the country-side to the festivity.†
Chpt 115-116
Definition:
a male member of a religious order typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience