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monkless

monkless adjective: without monks.

Adjective

monkless (not comparable)

  1. Without monks.
    • A certain monkless monastery on the side of the mountain receives travellers within its shady courts, and allows them to feed, rest, and amuse themselves according to their own pleasure.1868, Julia Ward Howe, From the Oak to the Olive: A Plain Record of a Pleasant Journey

Origin of monkless

From monk + -less.

Questions about monkless

What does monkless mean?
Monkless means without monks.
What part of speech is monkless?
Monkless is an adjective.

Words near monkless in the dictionary

  1. monkishly
  2. monkishness
  3. monkism
  4. Monkland
  5. Monkland and Stretford
  6. monkless
  7. monklet
  8. monklets
  9. monklike
  10. monkly
  11. Monkman

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