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Recent Examples of monk
The British monk Pelagius taught that humans could reach salvation unaided, by sheer moral effort.
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Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Guests can access the trail, meditate with the resident Buddhist monk, go whitewater rafting on the Mo Chhu river, and visit the picturesque Punakha Dzong, a centuries-old fortress.
—Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
Balenciaga was like a monk and never left his monastery.
—James Fallon, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
There are black-and-white scenes from what appears to be a cracked Biblical drama featuring a levitating monk and, to the particular bafflement of the producer, a dancing Pulcinella.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
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Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Guests can access the trail, meditate with the resident Buddhist monk, go whitewater rafting on the Mo Chhu river, and visit the picturesque Punakha Dzong, a centuries-old fortress.
—Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
Balenciaga was like a monk and never left his monastery.
—James Fallon, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
There are black-and-white scenes from what appears to be a cracked Biblical drama featuring a levitating monk and, to the particular bafflement of the producer, a dancing Pulcinella.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monk
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Guido eventually became a Dominican friar, dedicating himself to making art within the mendicant order; after his death, in 1455, he became known as Fra Angelico, or the Angelic Friar.—
Louise Bokkenheuser,
Air Mail,
4 Oct. 2025
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When Las Casas first landed in Hispaniola (today divided by Haiti in the west and the Dominican Republic in the east), his head was already crowned with a friar’s tonsure.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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These people who see the theater as almost a monastic calling something of a higher order, and they’re brilliantly educated and funny.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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As the numbers of women at the highest echelons of learning continue to grow, women will likewise expand their ability to take leadership roles in their monastic and lay communities – helping to improve other nuns’ education and protecting Tibetan culture in the process.—
Darcie Price-Wallace,
The Conversation,
26 Sep. 2025
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Local spats could now feed into a mass movement that spread far beyond individual disputes between a peasant and a particularly nasty abbot or lord.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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By the 1930s the newly emerging field of genetics was growing in popularity, based primarily on the studies of the Austrian biologist and Catholic abbot Gregor Mendel.—
D. Scott Schmid,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
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On page 1,179, a mob of angry Haitian mendicants dissatisfied with their latest handouts chase some American workers into the motel parking lot, and then surround their cars.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
8 Oct. 2025
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Guido eventually became a Dominican friar, dedicating himself to making art within the mendicant order; after his death, in 1455, he became known as Fra Angelico, or the Angelic Friar.—
Louise Bokkenheuser,
Air Mail,
4 Oct. 2025
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Analysts point to how the restrictions have held, despite high-level pushback by other prominent clerics, and multiple attempts on the ground to sidestep the rules.—
NPR,
NPR,
14 Oct. 2025
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Abdus Salam Mujib, a local Islamic cleric and caretaker for the school, shared a public apology the day after the incident, though school officials have yet to comment.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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At this point, Malcolm was no longer an up-and-coming preacher.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Enter Caleb Samuel — a flashy, social media–famous preacher’s kid with three million followers, a fast car, and a complicated relationship with his megachurch dynasty.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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The city was a prominent bishop's seat during the Byzantine era.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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The current practice is for the Vatican to simply announce when a bishop has resigned without elaborating.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Plus, their father was the deacon of the local Catholic congregation – all the more reason to maintain a saintly lifestyle.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
14 Oct. 2025
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David the deacon, the good one, called by God, destined to be a priest.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Monk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monk. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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