monks

Cultural  

1. Men under religious vows who live in a community and whose work is usually centered on their community, which is called a monastery. Buddhism and Christianity have notable groups of monks. In Christianity, the monks are members of religious orders.

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Example Sentences

That said, it’s unlikely that many students today spend as much time as Felix did dodging crossbow-wielding monks in an effort to rob freshly dug graves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Some of the buildings at the Thahtay Kyaung monastery, where saffron-clad monks cleared rubble from the wreckage by hand in the days after the quake, have been razed.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Trappist monks, who are officially known as the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, live a life of “prayer, silence, study, and manual labor.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

In Tibet, the authorities have arrested monks, and taken control of monasteries to ensure they do not worship the Dalai Lama.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

He was tall now, and he’d let his hair grow long once he was free of the monks and their dull razors.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor