Adjective : a monkish manner. From Dictionary.com.
Some of the more learned men were kind of monkish, not sharing the values of the culture as a whole. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference
Long while in monkish cowl & amis clad. From Wordnik.com. [Letter 39] Reference
Then he confesses he has 'monkish' tendencies - hence his choice of hotel today. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
"monkish" consecration to his craft we cannot do better than reproduce a passage, quoted by Pater, from his letters to Madame. From Wordnik.com. [The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters] Reference
"monkish" consecration to his craft we cannot do better than reproduce a passage, quoted by Pater, from his letters to Madame Colet. From Wordnik.com. [The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters]
It reads thus, in something better than monkish Latin: —. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
"I thought he had a rather monkish air about him," he said aloud. From Wordnik.com. [Unwise Child] Reference
His were not walking, breathing belles, to monkish rules contrary. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference
It would be idle to multiply instances of this sort from the monkish writers. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
I extract the names of some of the authors contained in this monkish library. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliomania in the Middle Ages] Reference
Here one may see the old monkish fish stews, so useful on Fridays, in perfection. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
It was a monkish ritual she'd had for years, one that he'd shared with her for as many. From Wordnik.com. [Apple] Reference
Greek tragedy, the monkish legend, the knightly romance, each has ruled its own period. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
The word is very ancient, and has come down to us through the monkish vocabulary of the cloister. From Wordnik.com. [Royal Palaces and Parks of France] Reference
But besides all this, they robbed them of that which those poor monkish bibliophiles loved more than all. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliomania in the Middle Ages] Reference
The grave at Glastonbury, it must be owned with regret, is now generally understood to be a monkish fable. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
The Commissioners found nineteen books in the library, and rumours of monkish debauchery without the walls. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
'Out upon such monkish deeds!' cried Sir Gawaine, and his scornful eyes surveyed the weeping knights and dames. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
In fact, the monkish amanuensis was expected to undertake all those matters which required care and learning combined. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliomania in the Middle Ages] Reference
I wish the monkish annalist had recorded the life of this early bibliomaniac, but unfortunately we know little of him. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliomania in the Middle Ages] Reference
The tale is valuable as a picture of Celtic saintdom; no monkish fabulists would have told such stories of Latin saints. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
The Latin editions of part of these works have been modified by the corrections which the monkish editors confess that they applied. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
In the evenings she and the young people went wandering by moonlight through the cloisters, exploring the monkish cells and chapels. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Women: George Sand] Reference
We here catch a glimpse of the quiet life of a monkish student, who labored with this monotonous regularity to amass his little library. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliomania in the Middle Ages] Reference
Surprise and wonder almost surpass the admiration we feel at beholding this proud testimonial of monkish industry and early bibliomania. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliomania in the Middle Ages] Reference
To one who has spent much time in reading the lives and writings of the monkish theologians, how refreshing is such a character as that of. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliomania in the Middle Ages] Reference
Saxulf, who had superintended the building of the abbey, was the first abbot whose name is mentioned in the monkish chronicles as its ruler. From Wordnik.com. [The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral] Reference
The commercial aspect of ecclesiastical cures, however, was discovered by other than priestly or monkish eyes, and different forms began to be presented. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
People who knew him around that time describe a reserved, monkish man, uninterested in the extracurriculars of New York student life: bars, socializing, gossiping. From Wordnik.com. [Finding His Faith] Reference
There was a sprinkling of monkish cowls and of the red fez from the Turkish village of Afdimou which lay in seeming friendliness of relation close to the village of. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus] Reference
He did not claim to have invented it, for he knew of the monkish acrostics; but for six months he had amused his friends with his revival before he showed them to Mark Lemon. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
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