monking

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noun

The work or life of a monk.

“May 31, 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk The old coenobitic establishments of England were converted—perverted, rather—into monasteries and other monking receptacles.”

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Meanings

monking1

nounmonking (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe work or life of a monk.

    He had chosen monking as an occupation (not a calling ,but an occupation) because he feared not only death, but even life itself, thinking that it might be easy work which would provide him shelter against the world he feared.

    2012, Clifford D. Simak, Shakespeare's Planet, →ISBN
adjectivemonking (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteMonkish.

    May 31, 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk The old coenobitic establishments of England were converted—perverted, rather—into monasteries and other monking receptacles.

    2 more examples

    This, said Epistemon, is spoke like a true monk : I mean like a right monking monk, not a bemonked monastical monkling.

    1849, François Rabelais, Jacob Le Duchat, John Ozell, The Works of Francis Rabelais - Volume 2, page 233

    In brief, ere was a true monk if there ever was one since the monking world started monkeying in monkeries.

    1967, Marcel Tetel, Twayne's world authors series, page 41

monking2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of monk

Origin

From monk + -ing.

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APA

monking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monking

MLA

“monking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monking. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monking.

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