Both Uses of
monk
in
Running in the Family
- Italian monks who became enamoured of certain aunts would return to Italy to discard their robes and return to find the women already married.†
p. 120.5 *monks = male members of a religious order living together typically under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
- It was on his travels by road that my father waged war with a certain Sammy Dias Bandaranaike, a close relative of the eventual Prime Minister of Ceylon who was assassinated by a Buddhist monk.†
p. 151.2
Definition:
a male member of a religious order typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience