monkship

English

Noun

monkship (plural monkships)

1. The position or role of a monk.
   • 1853, Pierce Connelly, The Madiai: a Letter to the Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen, Etc:

     If any one saith that matrimony contracted but not consummated is not dissolved by the solemn profession of religion (monkship or nunship) of one of the parties, let him be anathema.

   • 2002, Krishna Dutta, Walking from the gallows:

     On the other hand, the phoongyees or the monks depending on their years of monkship and status with, were embalmed and kept much longer.