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monkhood

monkhood noun: the state of being a monk.

Noun

monkhood (usually uncountable, plural monkhoods)

  1. (usually) The 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
  2. (usually) Monks collectively.

monkhood meaning in Tamil and Urdu

monkhood in Tamil

monkhood, nunhood, asceticism
துறவறம் tuṟavaṟam

monkhood in Urdu

فقیری, جوگ, رہبانیت

Forms of monkhood

pluralmonkhoods

Origin of monkhood

From Middle English monkehode, from Old English munuchād.

Questions about monkhood

What does monkhood mean?
Monkhood means the state of being a monk.
What is monkhood in Tamil?
Monkhood in Tamil is துறவறம் (tuṟavaṟam). See Monkhood meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is monkhood?
Monkhood is a noun.
What is the plural of monkhood?
The plural of monkhood is monkhoods.

Words near monkhood in the dictionary

  1. monkfishes
  2. monkfruit
  3. monkfruits
  4. Monkhide
  5. Monkhill
  6. monkhood
  7. monkhoods
  8. Monkhouse
  9. monkie
  10. monkied
  11. monkies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: monkhood (page history and authors); துறவறம் (Tamil) (page history and authors); monkhood (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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