monk

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Recent Examples on the Web The choice for social minority—the choice of the artist as well as of the monk—was not, or not only, a choice for isolation. Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024 Despite growing global demand, especially among bartenders, the monks have chosen to cap output to maintain the balance of their religious duties. Rachel King, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024 Beatrice Radden Keefe Happy Island of Psalters and Cucumbers Thirteen hundred years ago, the monks on the German lake island of Reichenau tended a rich meadow of wall painting, manuscript making, and Latin poetry. The New York Review of Books, 27 Sep. 2024 The monks planted vines soon afterwards and in the 15th century King Louis XI declared drinking the wine was akin to imbibing drops of gold. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for monk 

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“Monk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monk. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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