transitive. To make a monk of. Obsolete.

transitive. To admit to holy orders; to ordain. Formerly also: to admit ceremonially into a monastic order; to admit or institute to a benefice. Obs…

transitive. To admit (a person) into a religious order by receiving his or her profession. Obsolete.

transitive. To put a monk's cowl on; to make a monk of.

To invest with a religious habit: cf. clothing, n. 1c.

transitive. To make monastic in character; to convert to monasticism.

intransitive. To live the life of a monk; to become a monk. Now rare.