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Recent Examples of monk
Bells rang as priests, monks, noblemen, and government officials walked beside it.
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Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
The phenomenon has been reported for centuries, with one of the earliest accounts dating back to the 12th century by a Benedictine monk in Canterbury.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
That much is clear inside the company’s headquarters in Leuven, a town where monks first began brewing beer more than 600 years ago, fermenting hops with water from the polluted river running through town in the belief that the drink made the fish from the water safer to eat.
—Byvivienne Walt, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
Artists in China depicted Cloth Bag as a plump, laughing monk often surrounded by children or animals.
—Megan Bryson, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2024
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Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
The phenomenon has been reported for centuries, with one of the earliest accounts dating back to the 12th century by a Benedictine monk in Canterbury.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
That much is clear inside the company’s headquarters in Leuven, a town where monks first began brewing beer more than 600 years ago, fermenting hops with water from the polluted river running through town in the belief that the drink made the fish from the water safer to eat.
—Byvivienne Walt, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
Artists in China depicted Cloth Bag as a plump, laughing monk often surrounded by children or animals.
—Megan Bryson, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monk
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All the stops on this tour are locations administered by the Dominican friars.Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
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The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, a Catholic religious order of Franciscan friars, was founded in Italy.Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Buddhist organizations, whose members are also known to skew older, have been trying to connect with younger people by updating the image of monastics, usually known for their no-nonsense asceticism.Koh Ewe, TIME, 13 May 2024
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Over the past 2,000 years, Buddhist teachings have encountered distortions and alterations due to mistranslation and misinterpretation of Buddha-dharma by Buddhist patriarchs, eminent monastics, and Buddhist scholars.Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
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King Sverre of Norway personally provided information to the writer, Icelandic abbot Karl Jónsson, and instructed him on the details of the saga, Brink added.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
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The abbot told him to begin every morning by performing exactly 108 bows, a meditation exercise in Korean Buddhism.Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
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In Thank You for Your Servitude, which for my money is the only truly interesting book about the Trump presidency, author Mark Leibovich goes into harrowing detail about how the modern GOP readily turned itself into a gaggle of mendicants to serve Trump on bended knee.Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 29 Apr. 2023
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All these words strike me as vaguely offensive except for mendicant and supplicant.Stephen Miller, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2021
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Despite his rhetoric over the last week, the 85-year-old cleric is probably still trying to figure out a response.Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Sue Parfitt, Coleman’s fellow cleric, was also arrested at the Insulate Britain protests.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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The abolitionist, women’s rights advocate and preacher was born into slavery in New York, sold four times, then escaped in 1826.The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2024
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Bonhoeffer tells the story of a preacher at the center of a plot to assassinate Hitler.Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2024
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David Niven is a young bishop who's so tripped up by ambition and the desire to build a cathedral that he's forgotten what's truly important...even his own family.James Mercadante, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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When Juan Diego returned to the bishop and opened the tilma to show them the roses, an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared printed on the fabric.Paula Soria, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Jean-Charles de Castelbajac designed the liturgical vestments worn by bishops, priests and deacons to be used during mass, which made their public debut at the celebration.Rhonda Richford, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
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After retiring from Hudson's in 2009, but still serving as mayor, Roberts became an Episcopal deacon in 2010.M.L. Elrick, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Monk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monk. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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