Meanings
nounmonkhood (usually uncountable, plural monkhoods)
plural monkhoods
- uncountableusuallyThe state of being a monk.
Do these two images represent the two competing monkhoods: the village dwelling monks and the forest mendicants?
2014, Geok Goh, The Wheel-Turner and His House: Kingship in a Buddhist Ecumene, page 116 - uncountableusuallyMonks collectively.
Origin
- Old Englishmunuchād
- Middle Englishmonkehode
- Englishmonkhood
From Middle English monkehode, from Old English munuchād.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian монашество, монашество
- монашество (monašestvo)state of being a monk
- монашество (monašestvo)monks collectively
Finnish munkkius, munkit
- munkkiusstate of being a monk
- munkitmonks collectively
German Mönchstum, Mönche
- Mönchstumstate of being a monk
- Mönchemonks collectively
Turkish keşişlik
- keşişlikstate of being a monk
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APA
monkhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monkhood
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“monkhood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monkhood. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monkhood,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monkhood.
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