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monkship|ˈmʌŋkʃɪp|
[f. monk n.1 + -ship.]
a. The monastic system; monks collectively.
b. With poss. pron. The personality of a monk.
1620Brent tr. Sarpi's Counc. Trent (1676) 634 All Catholick Writers do condemn Luther..of Heresy, for saying that Monkship is a humane invention. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 159 For 'tis truly said of Mathew Paris, that his Monkship is at every body that comes in his way. 1861A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedr. 19th C. v. 168 As society and monkship drew more apart from each other [etc.]. |