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Recent Examples of monk
The monk’s funeral concluded soon after, with more cremations following that day, instead of the dayslong ceremonies typically held for monks.
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Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
At the end of the ninth century, a group of Roman Catholic monks in France struck out on their own.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
In another legend, the monk was said to have cut off his eyelids to avoid falling asleep during his meditation, one explanation for the doll’s wide-eyed stare.
—Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
In the opening scene of the episode, the monk warns that there is no such thing as resolution.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
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Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
At the end of the ninth century, a group of Roman Catholic monks in France struck out on their own.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
In another legend, the monk was said to have cut off his eyelids to avoid falling asleep during his meditation, one explanation for the doll’s wide-eyed stare.
—Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
In the opening scene of the episode, the monk warns that there is no such thing as resolution.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monk
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Black, the color of his shoes, has no official symbolism, though Richardson pointed out that Franciscan friars, who preach poverty and charity, are known to wear black shoes and sandals.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2025
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Francis sought to follow his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century Italian friar renowned for poverty, peace, and care of creation.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2025
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While the Thai Buddhism depicted in The White Lotus is not completely realistic, there are several authentic ways to engage deeply with Buddhism, ranging from offering donations to short meditation retreats to ordination as a monastic.—
Brooke Schedneck,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2025
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While the Thai Buddhism depicted in The White Lotus is not completely realistic, there are several authentic ways to engage deeply with Buddhism, ranging from offering donations to short meditation retreats to ordination as a monastic.—
Brooke Schedneck,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2025
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As the village abbot never far from the woods, or from Martine’s little dining room table, Jacques Develay manages the trick of utter simplicity in his motives and line readings.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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When Kaldi shared the berries with an abbot of a local monastery, the monk ended up wide awake during the evening prayers.—
Marta Zaraska,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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In Thank You for Your Servitude, which for my money is the only truly interesting book about the Trump presidency, author Mark Leibovich goes into harrowing detail about how the modern GOP readily turned itself into a gaggle of mendicants to serve Trump on bended knee.—
Jason Linkins,
The New Republic,
29 Apr. 2023
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All these words strike me as vaguely offensive except for mendicant and supplicant.—
Stephen Miller,
WSJ,
11 Oct. 2021
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The clerics getting the celebrity treatment mobbed by reporters tracking their every move.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2025
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The Druze cleric who was accused has denied making the insult.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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McBride wrote the premiere’s cold open — in which Elijah murders a preacher while robbing his collection box, then assumes his identity — several years ago.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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Opportunistic Congolese politicians and preachers have amplified hate speech against the Congolese Tutsi community, from which most M23 leaders come.—
Jason K. Stearns,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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Image As a cardinal and head of the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops around the world, Pope Leo was already thinking about artificial intelligence.—
Motoko Rich,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Before being called to the Vatican, the future Leo XIV was bishop of Chiclayo, which performed even better than most other regions of Peru.—
Alejandro Antonio Chafuen,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Married men can be ordained as deacons while women cannot, although historians say women served as deacons in the early Christian church.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Leo has said little about other major social and cultural issues that have animated the emergent Catholic right, especially inclusion for LGBTQ+ Catholics and women’s ordination as deacons.—
Liam Adams,
USA Today,
12 May 2025
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“Monk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monk. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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