单词 | monkishness |
释义 | monkishnessn. Behaviour characteristic of a monk or monks. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > [noun] > monastic life or condition monkhoodeOE religiona1200 habitc1290 monkheada1400 religiosityc1443 monkery?1536 monachism?1570 monkship1620 cowl1653 monkism1659 monkishnessa1729 the cloister1781 monasticism1795 monkliness1887 a1729 E. Taylor Metrical Hist. Christianity (1962) 202 What monkishness is this? Oh mischiefe fraught. Poore Souls..Turning to Romish Ceremonies. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1973) III. 4352 The Monks..from pure monkishness were the enemies of all Genius & liberal Knowledge. 1869 Biblical Repertory Jan. 79 Pharisaic pride and Sadducean unbelief and morose monkishness. 1900 Daily News 27 July 4/6 The monkishness of Henry the Sixth's portrait. 1994 Guardian 29 June i. 22/3 The Prince should not affect a spurious and factitious monkishness, but vows of near-silence have their point. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1729 |
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